Expected Date of Panel Action: 45-60 days after received
Study Protocols that are high risk to the research participants, and the researchers.
It involves participants who belong to a vulnerable group; and
It may generate circumstances of vulnerability for the participants (or the researcher).
Expected Date of Panel Action: 15-25 days after received
It poses a minimal risk;
It does not involve vulnerable populations;
It does not involve the collection of stigmatizing information;
It uses anonymized or archived samples;
It is a continuing review of clinical trials that do not involve further recruitment of participants;
It is a continuing review of studies previously classified under expedited review; and
It concerns study protocol amendments that are administrative in nature and do not affect the study protocol.
Expected Date of Panel Action: 7-14 days after received
It relies on information that is publicly available or in the public domain;
It involves observation of people in public places given that it does not involve any intervention, targeted individuals/groups have no reasonable expectations of privacy, and dissemination does not allow identification of specific individuals;
It relies exclusively on the secondary use of anonymous information;
It deals with quality assurance and quality improvement studies; and
It concerns creative practice activities.