RESEARCH
ETHICAL CLEARANCE

Scope Note:
Ethical Clearances (Activity Descriptor)
The processes associated with gaining ethical clearance in relation to research and research training activities. Includes human and animal research. Including: - Records relating to approvals for ethical clearance for individual projects with research involving humans. Includes application, supporting documentation, assessment, decision (approval, amendment or rejection) and register of approved projects. - Records relating to approvals for ethical clearance for individual projects with research involving animals Includes application, supporting documentation, assessment, decision (approval, amendment or rejection) and register of approved projects. - Records relating to the consent by human research subjects. Includes consent notices, signed consent and records of suitability card for interviewing juveniles. - Records relating to the monitoring of ethical practices. Includes individual projects monitoring, annual review of projects, internal reports to governing body, summary reports and compliance reports to external bodies. Human Resources Ethical Clearance - HREC - Animal Ethical Clearance - AEC - Application for expedited ethical review - Project proposal - Conditional Ethical Clearance granted - Progress report & reminder - Provisional ethical clearance - Approval reminder - Final Report reminder - Clearance status temporarily inactive - modification requests - Outstanding matters reminder - Ethical Clearance Approval - Ethical Conduct Report - Request for Variation - Overdue response - Scientific Animal Use Annual Report
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RESEARCH