How to register your IRB using the new process
1. Go to the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) IRB registration link on the OHRP Web site, or use the form provided in this issue: ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/assurance/regirbi.htm.
2. Download the form onto your computer, complete, and forward the registration form to the OHRP offices through one of the following means:
Regular mail:
OHRP — IRB Registration
6100 Executive Blvd #3B01
Rockville, MD 20892-7507
Express delivery:
OHRP — IRB Registration
6100 Executive Blvd #3B01
Rockville, MD 20852
Fax: (301) 402-0527
3. Check the OHRP registration listings on the Web site in three to five days and verify that processing of your registration is complete: ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/polasur.htm#LST
4. Update your information as changes occur or once every 36 months — even if there are no changes — to maintain an active IRB registration on file.
During the three-month implementation phase, OHRP will accept comments and suggestions about the registration process and filing assurances. Based on the feedback, an on-line version of the submission process will be launched to provide instantaneous updating of materials.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please call (301) 496-7005.
Source: Office for Human Research Protections, Rockville, MD.
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