What is the difference between Full Board review, Expedited review, and Exempt review?
– The review criteria are the same. – Both types of review are documented communication process between investigators and reviewers. – Expediting reviewers and the full IRB can request modifications to submissions and can approve protocols, continuing reviews, and amendements to approved protocols. – Expediting reviewers and the IRB will specify when a protocol must be reviewed again. By regulation it must be within twelve months, but shorter reivew periods may be required. A key difference between the two processes is that expedited reviewers cannot disapprove a protocol. They must refer protocols they cannot approve to the full IRB. All IRB members must be advised about protocols, continuing reviews, and amendments approved through expedited review procedures. Any member of the IRB may request that such approvals be reconsidered by the full IRB. Exempt research does not have to be reviwed by the IRB at all. Instead, the determination of exempt is made by the Office of Sponsored Progr
