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My understanding is IRB is not a governmental regulation but an institutional regulation. For example if you want to design a study and then have acme medical c
by jablongo 2y ago
My understanding is IRB is not a governmental regulation but an institutional regulation. For example if you want to design a study and then have acme medical center take part in conducting it, you would need to pass the Acme IRB. Governmental funding may also have restrictions that require you to have some kind of IRB review.
- pc86 2y agoIt's quoted in another comment but 42 USC 289(a) requires the establishment of an IRB in any institution applying for federal grants, among other things. So it is a law that there exist some sort of IRB for any "biomedical or behavioral research" and my guess is most institutions see 99% of their research falling under behavioral.