Revisions to the Common Rule – Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

Common Rule Resources

  1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and 15 other federal departments and agencies announcement and publication of a Final Rule (82 Fed. Reg. 7149) to revise the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (the Common Rule).
  2. Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) information on the revisions to the Common Rule.
  3. Useful resources from Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) about the revised common rule.
  4. NIH Announcement on the Extension of Effective Date for Final Policy on the Use of Single Institution Review Board for Multi-Site Research – this policy will apply to all competing grant applications for due dates on or after January 25, 2018.
  5. The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) submits a joint association letter to OHRP to request a delay in the Common Rule compliance date
  6. CITI Program resources help understand the revisions to the Common Rule
  7. Proposed Six Month Delay of the General Compliance Date for the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, April 20, 2018
  8. Final rule to delay for an additional 6 months the General Compliance Date for the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, June 18, 2018
  9. OHRP updates to Common Rule guidance and education resources
  10. Revised Common Rule FAQs from the Office of Human Research Protections

ORPC updates

  1. Common Rule Changes announcement to campus – June 2017
  2. How the Common Rule revisions impact ​social,​ ​behavioral​ ​and​ ​education​ ​research​  at UMBC – November 2017
  3. What to expect with the Common Rule revisions – January 2018
  4. Implementation and compliance date delayed to July 19, 2018 – January 2018
  5. Updated – How the Common Rule revisions impact ​social,​ ​behavioral​ ​and​ ​education​ ​research​  at UMBC – January 2018
  6. Updated – How the Common Rule revisions impact ​social,​ ​behavioral​ ​and​ ​education​ ​research​  at UMBC – January 2019
  7. Implementation and compliance date delayed to January 21, 2019 – June 2018
  8. Common Rule revisions education sessions – now available in January and February. Register now! – January 2019
  9.  Guidance information from the Office of Human Research Protections – January 2019
  10. Updates to the UMBC IRB webpages – Forms and most of the IRB webpages will be offline beginning Jan 18 2019. ORPC plans to have the revised webpages  and new forms uploaded by Jan 21 2019

 

ORPC forms and updates

Please return to this page  for all updated IRB related forms and documents related to Common Rule changes. All final versions will be posted for use before January 21, 2019.

last updated January 11, 2019

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