Institutional Review Board definition

Institutional Review Board or “IRB” means, in accordance with 45 C.F.R. Part 46, 21 C.F.R. part 56, and other applicable regulations, an independent body comprising medical, scientific, and nonscientific members, whose responsibility is to ensure the protection of the rights, safety, and well-being of the Human Subjects involved in a study.
Institutional Review Board means any board, committee, or other group formally designated by an institution, or authorized under federal or state law, to review, approve the initiation of, or conduct periodic review of research programs to assure the protection of the rights and welfare of human research subjects.
Institutional Review Board means any board, committee, or

Examples of Institutional Review Board in a sentence

  • The Project Awardee further agrees to provide certification that the Institutional Review Board has reviewed and approved the procedures, which involve human subjects, in accordance with 45 CFR Part 46 and the Assurance of Compliance.

  • Ethical clearance was not required for Emory University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) because it was not considered human subjects research.

  • Institutional Review Board Approval was obtained at each of the collaborating institutions and written informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to initiation of study procedures.

  • The recipient agrees to comply with the requirements of 28 C.F.R. part 46 and all Office of Justice Programs policies and procedures regarding the protection of human research subjects, including obtainment of Institutional Review Board approval, if appropriate, and subject informed consent.

  • Institutional Review Board approval was obtained at each of the collaborating institutions and written informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to initiation of study procedures.


More Definitions of Institutional Review Board

Institutional Review Board. – means any board, committee or other group that is both:
Institutional Review Board means a committee composed of investigators, lay representatives, and legal counsel, which is established at each institution of higher learning and each nonprofit research institution receiving funds from a health research project, for the express purpose of determining the appropriateness of any research involving human subjects;
Institutional Review Board means a board, committee, or other group formally designated by an institution and approved by the national institutes of health, office for protection from research risks, to review, approve the initiation of, and conduct periodic review of biomedical research involving human subjects. “Institutional review board” means the same as “institutional review committee” as used in section 520(g) of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as codified in 21 U.S.C. §301 et seq.
Institutional Review Board means a board established under 45 CFR 46.
Institutional Review Board means the entity defined in 21 C.F.R. § 50.3(i).
Institutional Review Board or "IRB" means an institutional review board as defined by Public Law 93-348 which is regulated by Title 45 CFR 46.
Institutional Review Board or "IRB" means the ODMHSAS board established in accordance with 45 C.F.R. Part 46 for the purposes expressed in this Chapter.