Relying on Someone Else's IRB: Why, When, and How for Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers

Amy Waltz, Associate Director, Human Subjects Office, Indiana University. Bethany Johnson, University Director, HRPP, Indiana University.

June 11, 2019

  • Why IRB reliance is valuable: the landscape of IRB reliance including the NIH single IRB policy, why it matters, and what it means for hospitals and academic medical centers

  • When you should rely: defining your institutional risk tolerance and when you should accept an external IRB’s review, drafting your institutional policy for reliance, and identifying the information you need to rely.

  • How to rely: understanding the responsibilities of your institution, investigators, and IRB and implementing processes to fulfill them; drafting reliance agreements based on your risk tolerance; collecting and providing local context information.

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