Marywood University: Records Management and Archives

Records Retention Schedule

Title:	Institutional Review Board (IRB) Applications, Withdrawn, except for Clinical Trials
Description:	Files of all withdrawn IRB applications, including applications and correspondence
Status:	Vital
Protective Measures:	Vital Records Protection Plan A
Record Copy Holder:	Office of Research and Community Collaboration (ORCC) -- Institutional Review Board (IRB) Office
Record Copy Retention:	Retain in the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Office for 3 years after the withdrawal date.
Record Copy Disposition:	Confidential Destruction: Destroy hard copies; delete electronic copies; destroy copies in other formats.
Other Copies Retention:	Records may be retained as long as they are useful for reference purposes but not longer than 3 years after the withdrawal date.
Other Copies Disposition:	Confidential Destruction: Destroy hard copies; delete electronic copies; destroy copies in other formats.
Reference:	Special Projects Coordinator (IRB Manager), 10/12/2006
Additional Reference(s):	45 CFR 46.115(b) Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), Department of Health and Human Services, "Guidance on Written IRB Procedures" http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/irbgd702.htm
Most Recent Authorization:	11/22/2006, Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for Research and Community Collaboration

Updated March 1, 2010

Maintained by James Sullivan, Director of Records Management and Archives