The purpose of these Rules and Procedures is: 1) to provide guidance to researchers who work with human subjects in research, 2) to describe the mechanism for review of human subjects research, and 3) to comply with federal requirements for the protection of human subjects in research.
The Office of Research Integrity-Human Subjects (“ORI-HS”) and UNLV’s Institutional Review Boards (“IRBs”) maintain and update these Rules and Procedures. These Rules and Procedures are an integral part of the human research protection program (HRPP) at UNLV. UNLV’s HRPP is a shared responsibility…