Policies

Please also refer to our Regulations page and HIPAA page.

1. Biospecimen Banking
2. Confidentiality and Data Security Guidelines for Electronic Research Data
3. Decisionally impaired persons – Enrollment
4. Direct Advertising Material for Recruitment
5. Human Research Protection Program Plan
6. Informed Consent
   • SOP: Informed Consent Process for Research (HRP-090)
   • SOP: Written Documentation of Consent (HRP-091)
7. International Research
8. Investigator Manual
9. IRB Jurisdiction
10. Minors – Enrollment
    • Wards of the State
11. Non-English Speakers (click below for how to enroll)
    • Short Form Policy
    • Short Form Consent Documents and Translations into Commonly Encountered Languages (eIRB Library)
    • Short Form Quick Reference Checklist
    • Translation of Study Documents
12. PI Eligibility Policy
13. Reportable New Information
14. SOP: Records Retention Timeframe – Investigators
15. SOP: Legally Authorized Representatives, Children, and Guardians (HRP-013)
16. SOP: Remote Informed Consent Process
17. Subjects Who Cannot Read, Write, or are Physically Challenged
18. Stem Cell Research
19. Transferring Studies with SBER IRB
20. Self-Experimentation Policy

If you wish to provide comments or suggestions on Tufts Health Sciences IRB policy and guidance documents, organization of materials on this website, or other human subject protection issues, please contact the IRB office staff at IRBOffice@tuftsmedicalcenter.org or (617) 636-7512.

eIRB Library

A complete list of policies, standard operating operating procedures, worksheets, checklists and templates is available on the eIRB library.

View the eIRB Library