Number of committees in the country (approximately) | 215 | 70 | 187a | 80 | 13 | 3–4000b |
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Turn-around time for submission to approval of the LINNAEUS study (weeks) | 3–4 | 3–10 | 8–9 | 6 | 8 | 2–4c |
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Minimum number of people on on committee | 7 | 3–5 | ≥7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
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Minimum number of committee women/men stipulated | Yes | No | No | No | Nod | Yes |
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Chair must be lay person | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Minimum number of lay people on the committee stipulated | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Legal expert must be represented | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | N |
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Medical expert/scientist must be represented | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
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Religious/community leader must be represented | Yes | No | No | No | Yese | No |
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Ethnicity issues must be specifically addressed by every proposal | Yesf | No | No | No | Yesg | No |