Human Subjects & Approval

• What is the Human Subjects Committee?
• Who needs Human Subjects Approval?
• Where to begin?
• Human Subjects Training Module
  • Training FAQ
• What do I need to submit?
  • Exemption
  • Expedited Review
  • Full Board Review

  How do I renew my protocol?

  Deadlines

Human Subjects Forms

Human Subjects Committee Policies and Procedures

Information Sheets

• Definitions

Informed Consent

• Required Procedures for Obtaining Consent from Human Subjects Used In Research
• Waiver of the Requirements for Obtaining Informed Consent
• Basic Elements of Informed Consent
• Waiver of Requirements for Basic Elements
• Documentation of Informed Consent
• Waiver of Documentation
• Consent Forms
• Oral Consent
• Tips on Informed Consent

Applicability and Exemptions

• Applicability of Review Requirements
• Implementing Procedures for Exemptions
• Exemption Criteria

Expedited Review

• Expedited Review Policy
• Application for Expedited Review of Research
• Disposition of Applications for Expedited Review
• Criteria for Expedited Review of Research

Communication with the UCSB HSC

• Disapprovals, Conditions and Requirements for Modification
• Other Communications
• Procedures
• Address and Telephone Number

Minimum Requirements for Screening/Monitoring

• Experiments Involving Human Subjects In Exercise
• Experiments Involving Exposure to Foreign Substances
• Experiments Involving Work to Exhaustion
• Experiments Involving Invasive Techniques
• Adverse Post-Experimental Consequences

Basic Ethical Principles

• Regulations and Policy Regarding Basic Ethical Principles
• The Belmont Report (A Summary)

Additional Protections for Children

• Claim of Exemption
• Informed Consent
• Documentation of Informed Consent
• Risk/Benefit Ratio
• Wards

Recommendations from the Alzheimer's Association

• Additional Protections for the Cognitively Impaired
  

Policy on the Use of Human Subjects

• UCSB Research Circular D.2
• University of California Policy on Protection of Human Subjects
• 45 Code of Federal Regulations 46
• Belmont Report
• Human Subjects Brochure
• HIPPA
  • HIPPA Forms
• Public Records Research (SB 1614)
• Stem Cell Research (SB 253 Ch 789)