1.17 Retention of Research Records

1.0 Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to describe the requirements for retention of research records by the investigator.


2.0 Policy

It is the policy of the Organization that all research records must be maintained and stored securely, in accordance with Nebraska State Law, for at least seven years beyond the termination of the study or longer as required by sponsors.


3.0 Required Records


4.0 Department Retention of Records


ADDENDUM

Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, subjects have the right to ask the Organization for an accounting of certain disclosures of their identifiable health information for a period dating 6 years from the date of the last covered disclosure. To ensure that the Organization can meet this accounting requirement, investigators must retain study records, along with records of all disclosures of study information, for at least 7 years after either of the following (whichever is later) (1) the last subject has completed his or her participation in the study; or (2) the date of the last disclosure of identifiable health information from study records, if disclosures continue after all subjects have completed the study. {45 CFR 164.528}

DHHS regulations require that, “records relating to research which is conducted shall be retained for at least 3 years after completion of the research.” {45 CFR 46.115(b)}

FDA requires that sponsors and investigators participating in research subject to IND regulations retain “records and reports required by this part for 2 years after a marketing application is approved for the drug; or if an application is not approved for drug, until 2 years after shipment and delivery of the drug for investigational use is discontinued and the FDA so notified.” {21 CFR 312.57(c)} FDA requires that sponsors and investigators participating in research subject to IDE regulations retain the records “for a period of 2 years after the latter of the following two dates: The date on which the investigation is terminated of completed, or the date that the records are no longer required for purposes of supporting a premarket approval application or a notice of completion of a product development protocol.” {21 CFR 812.140(d)}


DOCUMENT HISTORY:

 Written: 12/28/2015 (Approved: 12/28/2015) - original author not recorded (original policy #3.5)

 Revised: 2/2/2018 - revision not documented

 Revised: 2/18/2019 - revision not documented

 Revised: 4/15/2022 - deleted reference to Nebraska law; clarified that records must retain identifiers; revised to delete list of items to be retained; specified responsibility of faculty advisor for student conduct research; added regulatory requirements as addendum {Approved Chris Kratochvil (Institutional Official), Bruce Gordon (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Regulatory Affairs, Executive Chair)}

 Revised: 6/30/2022 - revised to state that records associated with exempt research only need to be retained for three years; added statement regarding records retention for volunteer faculty (section 4.1.2) {Approved Chris Kratochvil (Institutional Official), Bruce Gordon (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Regulatory Affairs, Executive Chair)}

 Board Notified: 11/14/2022


Revision #8
Created 21 October 2019 21:49:32 by Autumn M Eberly
Updated 31 August 2023 16:16:15 by Robert A Lewis