The SMRC is an independent statutory body that is able to review the decisions the [glossary::640] makes about [glossary::492] (SoPs). The SMRC will consider all of the material that was available to the RMA and any material that the review applicant wants to make available. There are no legal questions decided by the SMRC and no lawyers may address the SMRC. The SMRC decides whether it would have made a different decision than the RMA on the basis of the same [glossary:sound medical-scientific evidence:569]. Refer to sections 196V and 196W.