Stem Cell Research Guidance Documents

CIRM has created guidance documents to summarize the CIRM MES regulations and to help grantees in complying with those regulations. Unlike the regulations, these guidance documents are only advisory, with no legal or regulatory effect. The CIRM MES regulations are legally binding and can be found in Chapter 2 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, beginning with Section 100010.

• Read the formal regulations

Guidance

• Guidance for Use of Lines from NIH hESC Registry [pdf] (Updated April, 2010)
• Reformatted Medical and Ethical Standards Regulations (Unofficial) [pdf]
• Guidance for CIRM Medical and Ethical Standards Regulations Governing Donation of Oocytes for CIRM-Funded Research [pdf]
• Guidance for SCRO Approval Letters [pdf]
• Guidance for Oversight of Human Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models [pdf]