1.30 Use of the Rapid Response IRB

Last Revised: 10/17/2024

1.0 Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to describe the constitution of, the criteria for use of, and the procedures for review by, the Rapid Response IRB (RR-IRB; IRB-03).


2.0 Policy

It is the policy of the Organization that


3.0 Constitution


4.0 Criteria for Use


5.0 Process of IRB review and ORA release


DOCUMENT HISTORY:

 Written: 2/5/2018 (Approved: 2/5/2018) - original author not recorded

 Revised: 10/17/2024 – clarified the size and composition of the RR-IRB (sections 3.2 and 3.4); deleted requirement that RR-IRB include representatives from UNMC, NM and CN (section 3.4); clarified the role of the non-voting observer when the RR-IRB reviews protocols tabled by another board (section 4.1.1); when RR-IRB review occurs concurrently with review by other committees specified who is responsible for assuring that those reviews do not raise conflicts with the IRB review (section 5.4.3.1); added that Executive Chair and/or RR-IRB Chair may waive the requirements that some or all of the ancillary committee reviews be completed prior to ORA release (section 5.4.6); stylistic changes.


Revision #10
Created 21 October 2019 21:54:12 by Autumn M Eberly
Updated 17 April 2025 15:40:31 by Robert A Lewis