1.18 Review and Approval of HRPP Policies and Procedures

1.0 Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to describe the Organization’s requirements for the review and approval of HRPP policies.


2.0 Policy

It is the policy of the Organization to continually assess the adequacy of existent policies in consideration of new information and Organizational requirements that may affect the HRPP, including federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidance, as well as emerging ethical and scientific issues.


3.0 Review of HRPP Policies


4.0 Full IRB Review of Draft HRPP Policies


5.0 Organizational Notification of Changes to HRPP Policies


DOCUMENT HISTORY:

 Written: 1/25/2016 (Approved: 1/25/2016) - original author not recorded

 Revised: 1/28/2018 - revision not documented

 Revised: 6/30/2022 - Revised required frequency of policy review; revised number of IRBs; clarified order of review and approval of policies by boards and IO; removed requirement for “read receipt” for email votes; clarified mechanism for notifying ORA staff. {Approved: 7/2/2022 Chris Kratochvil (Institutional Official), Bruce Gordon (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Regulatory Affairs, Executive Chair)}

 Board Notified: 11/14/2022

 Revised 11/13/2024 – modified to distinguish between new and modified policies; clarified which modifications to existing policies need to be reviewed by the IRBs; clarified that if a policy only affects a single board (eg, RR-IRB or IRB-06) only that board needs to approve; stylistic changes {Approved Russell McCulloh (Institutional Official), Bruce Gordon (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Regulatory Affairs, Executive Chair)}


Revision #13
Created 21 October 2019 21:49:55 by Autumn M Eberly
Updated 12 December 2024 16:28:25 by Robert A Lewis