We’ve updated the following policies in the IRB’s “Special Populations” policy section, and the new policies are now posted:
17.2, Persons with Diminished Functional Capacity (renamed from “Cognitively Impaired Persons”)
17.4, Subjects in Long Term Care
17.8, Pregnant Women, Human Fetuses, and Neonates Involved in Research
17.10, Students, Employees, and Healthy Volunteers
Many of the changes relate to the policy format. We’ve also tweaked some of the wording to make it clear that certain requirements apply even if a particular study is not federally funded, supported, or regulated.