2016-30398. Extension of Effective Date of NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is extending the effective date of the NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research from May 25, 2017, to September 25, 2017. A copy of the NIH Policy was published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2016 (81 FR 40325). See https://www.gpo.gov/​fdsys/​pkg/​FR-2016-06-21/​pdf/​2016-14513.pdf. Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions to assist in the implementation of the policy will soon be available at http://osp.od.nih.gov/​office-clinical-research-and-bioethics-policy/​clinical-research-policy/​models-irb-review.

For further information contact the NIH Office of Science Policy, Telephone: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

Dated: December 12, 2016.

Lawrence A. Tabak,

Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.