Initial Reviewer definition

Initial Reviewer means the individual responsible for initially reviewing a UBC Person’s disclosures of Conflicts of Interest and perceived Conflicts of Interest or approving a UBC Person’s Conflicts of Commitment. Except as otherwise designated by the University Counsel, a UBC Person’s Initial Reviewer is the Administrative Head of Unit in which that UBC person holds his or her primary appointment.

Initial Reviewer means the individual, predetermined by PHSA and affiliated programs and institutes, responsible for reviewing a Researcher COI Declaration Form. This individual may be the head of the Researcher department, research institute, or program.‌

Initial Reviewer means the individual responsible for initially reviewing a Person’s disclosures of Conflicts of Interest, and is normally the person to whom the Person reports (e.g. head of department/administrative unit).

Examples of Initial Reviewer in a sentence

• All markups by the Initial Reviewer during the District’s Quality Control (QC) or Independent Assurance (IA) Review shall be made with blue line revision.All markups by the Overviewer during the Post Audit Review (PAR) shall be made with green line revision.If a consultant is hired, on behalf of the DFEO, they shall follow the appropriate marking conventions for the role they are supplementing.

• There are two primary DFEO Reviewers: Initial Reviewer and Overviewer.The Initial Reviewer and the Overviewer functions differ in the degree of judgment required, the focus width, and degree of attention given to the pay items reviewed.

• For example, the appropriate process may commence with a disclosure being reviewed by the Administrative Head of Unit (as Initial Reviewer), then being referred to the Dean, and finally being referred to the COI Committee, as necessary.

• If a claim is denied in whole or in part (or if no decision on a claim is rendered within the limitations of time described in Section 7.01), the Claimant may request a review by the Committee of the decision of the Initial Reviewer (or of the claim, if no timely decision has been rendered by the Initial Reviewer).

• Provision may be made for those cases where a UBC Person disagrees with the assessment of the Initial Reviewer.

• This request must be submitted in writing to the Committee within sixty days of receipt of the notice of denial from the Initial Reviewer (or within sixty days following the expiration of the initial review period where no decision notice is given to the Claimant by the Initial Reviewer).

• The Initial Reviewer will render a non-binding Initial Decision approving or rejecting the Claim.

• If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the Claimant will be sent a written notice of denial from the Initial Reviewer within ninety days of receipt of the claim, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim.

• The function of the DFEO Initial Reviewer and Overviewer are detailed in the Review and Administration Manual, Section 3.5.NOTE 1: The use of layers to further differentiate markups/comments within the Final As- Built Plans PDF file(s) is encouraged, but not required.

• Overviewer: Uses judgment in reviewing changes made by the Initial Reviewer, as well as in reviewing in-depth any other area deemed appropriate as outlined in Level of Assessment below.

More Definitions of Initial Reviewer

Initial Reviewer means the individual responsible for initially reviewing a UBC Person’s disclosures of conflicts of interest and perceived conflicts of commitment. This is typically the Administrative Head of Unit in which the UBC Person holds their primary appointment.

Initial Reviewer means the individual responsible for initially reviewing a Person’s disclosure of Conflicts of Interest, and is normally the person to whom the Person reports (e.g. department coordinator or Dean).