Hi George: After re-reading this section more closely I have come to see that perhaps we, as an institution, have decided to interpret it as "must" but I was correct that I had this in my mind from when I did my FWA training. Anyway it seems that at minimum it is high recommended:
(p.s. took some heavy surfing to find it :-) From: http://137.187.206.145/cbttng_ohrp/cbts/assurance/module2qset1_19.asp The Consent Process Contact Persons A single contact person is not likely to be appropriate to answer questions in all areas. This is because of real or apparent conflicts of interest. Questions about the research are frequently best answered by the investigator(s). However, questions about the rights of research subjects may best be referred to persons not on the research team. These questions could be addressed to the IRB, an ombudsperson, an ethics committee, or other informed individual or committee. Each consent document can be expected to have at least two names with local telephone numbers for contacts to answer questions in these specified areas. Investigator Responsibilities & Informed Consent: Page 19 of 27 On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, George D. Goedel wrote: > > Annette Taylor commented > > > >However, by federal guidelines there MUST BE TWO contact people listed on any > >consent/instructions and a copy of that information must be made available to > >each participant in writing! I didn't make up that rule, it's a > >federal rule, so > >if the school needs and FWA for grant receiving purposes they should > >not violate > >it. > > > Annette, > As an IRB chair (since 1981), I am not familiar with the TWO contact > people rule. I could not find the "Two contacts" provision in the > guidelines. > Where did you find it? > George --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
