Standard Operating Procedures

SOP 101: Policies and Procedures Maintenance
SOP 102: Training and Education
SOP 103: Management of IRB Personnel
SOP 104: Signatory Authority
SOP 201: Management and Composition of the IRB
SOP 202: Duties of IRB Members
SOP 301: Research Submission Requirements
SOP 303: Recruitment Methods and Advertising for Participant Enrollment
SOP 307: Documentation and Document Management
SOP 308: Approval Period and Determination of Expiration
SOP 401a: Definition of Research Involving Human Subjects
SOP 401b: Research Activities Exempt from IRB Review
SOP 408: Medical Case Reports
SOP 502: Clinical Research Involving Investigational Drugs and Devices
SOP 506: Emergency Use of a Test Article and Planned Emergency Use
SOP 701: General Requirements of Informed Consent
SOP 702: General Requirements of Documentation of Consent
SOP 703: Waiver or Alteration of Consent
SOP 704: Assent
SOP 803: Privacy and Confidentiality
SOP 805: Research Related Injury
SOP 901: Unanticipated Problems Involving Risks to Participants and Others
SOP 902: Protocol Deviations
SOP 903: Human Research Protection Program and Non-Compliance
SOP 904: Administrative Hold, Suspension and Termination of Approved Research
SOP 905: Reporting Procedures
SOP 906: Protection of Research Participants
SOP 907: Research Complaints and Concerns
SOP 908: Routine and For-Cause Audits
SOP 909: Institutional Review Board (IRB) Community Outreach

Note: The Executive Committee of the IRB will review and approve all SOP revisions related to AAHRPP accreditation. Approved SOPs will be posted on this page.