Information for Reviewers
Reviewer checklists support reviewer’s judgments and documentation of those judgments. These checklists are completed by reviewers and are used in conjunction with a specific form that would have already been completed and submitted by the researcher to the reviewer.
Exempt Determination Review: All reviewers, including RRC Decentral Reviewers, use the Exempt Study Reviewer Checklist to support their review of a researcher’s completed submission of the General Request for Exempt Determination form.
Waiver Review: There is an IRB Reviewer Guide /Checklist form for the purpose of documenting a judgment on a researcher's request to waive/alter informed consent or its documentation. Only an IRB member or an IRB Direct-Certified Decentral Reviewers is authorized to use the following form. In the context of an exempt determination, reviewers submit the completed checklist to the IRB Chair. Also, in the context of an expedited review, an IRB member submits it to the IRB chair.
- IRB Reviewer Guide: Waiver of Informed Consent or its Documentation
Expedited Review: Only IRB members are authorized to complete an expedited review. IRB Members submit the following form to the IRB Chair in support of an expedited review.
