License obligation

There are three categories of population research for which a license is required:

  1. population screening whereby ionising radiation is used;
  2. population cancer screening;
  3. population screening of serious diseases or defects for which there is no treatment and prevention is not possible.

A license must be obtained from the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport for population research. Questions on this can be put to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (website in in Dutch). More information on population research can be found on the website of the Health Council (Gezondheidsraad, website in Dutch) and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, wesbite in Dutch).