Word: dmr
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...settlement between the children's office,the state attorney general and the institute, BRIwas placed first under the supervision of theDepartment of Mental Health and later, in 1987,under the control of its sister organization, theDepartment of Mental Retardation (DMR...
...been licensed and regulated by DMR eversince, in what Kim E. Murdock, the mentalretardation department's general counsel, calls an"acrimonious" relationship...
...This research is very troubling," commented Frederick Misilo. Jr., chair of the Task Force and Deputy DMR Commissioner. "This information the Task Force is bringing to light reinforces each member's commitment to ensuring this kind of activity never happens again. The Task Force has poured over literally thousands of pages of documents since our work began January. We will be reviewing archival records and other documents to determine what kind of informed consent, if any, was used in this study...
...total number of studies which used radioactive materials and involved former residents of DMR facilities now totals 12, according to Misilo. The new study was uncovered by Task Force members among documents it received from various academic and health care institutions...
...commissioner also ordered facility directors at all of the DMR's large institutions to begin a review of all record, research, or anecdotal evidence to determine the history of testing and experimentation at other sites. The facility directors are in the process of completing this review. According to Commissioner Campbell, these records will be used so the DMR has a better understanding of precisely how much testing occurred at these institutions since their inception. The Task Force will also review whatever documents are uncovered...