The department's human research review rules shall apply to all organizational units of the department. They shall apply to all research and related activities that involve departmental clients, wards, or employees as human subjects or that require disclosure of their personal records, regardless of funding source, and regardless of whether the research is conducted by a departmental employee or by a nondepartmental investigator. The rules shall apply to all research and related activities subcontracted by the department under state and federal grants and contracts to nondepartmental organizations and individuals, regardless of whether the research or related activity involves departmental clients or a nondepartmental subject population.