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  List of Paper Forms

    New Study - N/A. Please note: all new study submissions must go through the eIRB system. This list applies to existing paper studies.  
     
  Amendments/Modifications  
  Modification Request Form  
   
  Reportable Events  
  Protocol Deviation Report Form  
  Reportable Event Form (ver. 8-27-09)  
  VA Reportable Event Form (ver. 8-27-09)  
   
   
  Continuing Review/Reapproval/Renewal  
  Biomedical Renewal Form  
  Social/Humanist/Behavioral Renewal Form  
   
 

Please include consent/assent forms, HIPAA authorization forms, and revocation letters (where applicable) that were approved at the last renewal. If you are proposing changes, please submit the version you plan to use in the next approval period.

If your study has a HIPAA authorization form, please be sure to use the most updated form. If your HIPAA authorization form indicates that a revocation letter will be given to study subjects, please include that with your renewal.

 
   
  HIPAA Privacy Rule Documents  
  HIPAA Patient Authorization Template – for use as separate document  
  Request for Approval of HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver/Alteration of Patient Authorization (ver. 7/10/2008)  
   
  Grady Memorial Hospital  
  Research Oversight Application  
   
  Close-Outs  
  Close-out Form  
   
 
Please submit by only one method! How to deliver your paper forms:

In person, by US, express, or campus mail to: Emory IRB, 1599 Clifton Road, 5 East, Atlanta GA 30322. Mail stop 1599-001-1AV

Fax to (404) 727-1358 Email: irb@emory.edu

Remember: submit just once by only one method. Thank you.
 
       
  Consent Toolkit

     
  Emory Consent Templates  
  Biomedical Consent Template (ver. 8-27-09)  
  Biomedical Paper Consent Template (ver. 8-27-09)  
  Spanish Version of Consent Template (ver. 2-13-09)  
  Social and Behavioral Consent Template (ver. 8-27-09)  
  Emory/WIRB Consent Template (ver. 8-27-09)  
  Assent Template (ver. 8-27-09)  
  For Grady, CHOA, and VA templates, see below  
     
  Emory HIPAA Authorization, and Revocation Templates  
  HIPAA Patient Authorization Template  
  Revocation Letter Template  
  Spanish Version of the HIPAA Authorization Template (ver. 9-9-09)  
     
  Grady Consent Templates  
  Grady Consent Template (ver. 8-27-09)  
     
  CHOA Consent Templates  
  CHOA Consent Template (ver. 8-27-2009)  
     
  VA Consent Templates  
  VA Consent Template and Guidance (eIRB)  
  VA Consent Template and Guidance (Paper)  
     
  Worksheets for Waiver or Alteration of Consent, Documentation of Consent, and HIPAA Authorization  
  Waiver of One or More Elements of Informed Consent Worksheet (ver. 10-1-09)  
  Waiver of Documentation (signature) Requirement of Informed Consent Worksheet (ver. 10-1-09)  
  Request for Approval of HIPAA Privacy Rule Waiver/Alteration of Patient Authorization (ver. 7-10-08)  
     
  Consent Instructions and Guidance  
  Consent Template Instructions and Guidance for Sociobehavioral Studies  
  Document Stamping Template and Guidance  
  FDA: A Guide to Informed Consent  
  Informed Consent Basic Elements  
  Informed Consent Guidelines  
  Office for Human Research Protections Tips on Informed Consent  
  Sample Social and Behavioral Consent Forms  
  Simplification Guide to Medical Terms (Lay Language)  
     
     
     
       
  Other Researcher Tools

   
  General IRB Information  
  Membership Letter  
    Compliance Letter  
  Federalwide Assurance  
     
  Initial Submission Guidance and Documents  
  OHRP Human Subject Decision Charts  
  Sociobehavioral Studies: IRB Staff Checklist  
  Lay Summary Guidance  
    Biomedical    
    Sociobehavioral    
    Protocol Format    
    Biomedical    
    Sociobehavioral    
    Additional Study Documents    
    Advertising and Recruitment Guides & Information    
    Genetic Research Guidance    
    Guidance on Certificates of Confidentiality for Emory Researchers    
    Questionnaires, Rating Scales, Interviews    
    Researcher Links    
    Site Permission Letter    
    Data and Safety Monitoring Boards and Plans Guidance    
    DSMB/DSMP    
    NIH Policy on Data and Safety Monitoring    
         
    Drugs and Devices    
    Investigational Drugs and Devices    
         
    Reportable Events    
    External Event Review Guide for Researchers    
    Guidance for Reporting External Events    
    Noncompliance and Unanticipated Problems Guidance (ver. 8-31-09)    
    Reportable Events Guidelines (ver. 9-09-09)    
    Sample Summary of Events at Continuing Review    
    VA Reportable Event Form (ver. 8-27-09)    
    VA Reporting Requirements    
       
         
    Ancillary Review    
    Biosafety Review Guidelines    
    Conflict of Interest Guidance for Emory University    
    Grady Memorial Hospital Research Oversight (ROC) Application    
    Grady Memorial Hospital Research Oversight Committee (ROC) Overview and Guidelines    
         
    Vulnerable Populations Worksheets    
    Pregnant Women, Fetuses, and Neonates    
    Prisoner Subjects    
    Minor/Children Subjects Worksheets    
    Guidance Sheet for Cognitively Impaired    
    Research Involving Individuals with Questionable Capacity to Consent (NIH)