Please include the following information on your new IRB application. If you are filing an amendment to an existing IRB application, please use this as a guide for the information you need to include. However, the iStar fields possibly will not match.
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2. In section 6.A. please check the county facilities that are applicable to your research study. This checkbox triggers the DHS research Oversight Board (ROB) research categorization process. To learn more about this process, click here.
3. In section 9. Methods and Procedures, please check one of the secondary analysis options, that most apply to your research. Checking one of these boxes triggers the activation of section 13, also needed for your application.
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