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IRB Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institutional Review Board Standard Operating Procedures (IRB SOP) describes the policy and procedures that guide the IRBs at our University. This manual is directed to IRB chairs and members, the staff of the Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) and other affiliated persons, and includes policies and procedures applicable to these persons in their capacities with the IRB.

The IRB SOP is in PDF format. The current version is dated December 12, 2003.