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Beginning January 21, 2019, all requests for exemption from IRB review must be submitted through the electronic IRB submission system (iRISPROTECT) (https://irbprotect.cc.nih.gov/PROD-IRB) and will be reviewed by IRB staff/members. These types of requests will now involve submission of either a protocol for prospective data collection (e.g. for educational research or tests, surveys, interviews, observation of public behavior or benign behavioral interventions) or a protocol for secondary research with biospecimens or data. Templates for these two types of protocols will be available soon on the new central IRB Office (IRBO) website, http://ohsrp.irbo-stage.nih.gov/confluence/ under Templates Forms and Guidelines.

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