The current version of the UCSD Human Research Protections Program Standard Operating Policies and Procedures (SOPPs) has been "revised" to provide these policies and procedures separately rather than as one guideline. Superseded versions of the SOPPs can be found at the bottom of this page.

General Administration

Section	Title	Last Revised
1.1	Responsibility and Authority	4/30/2014
1.2	HRPP Program Organization	10/30/2008
1.3	Review and Updating of SOPP	9/18/2014
1.4	Documentation and Records Retention	3/21/2017
1.5	UCSD Institutional Policies	9/27/2017

IRB Organization

Section	Title	Last Revised
2.1	Composition of IRBs	4/25/2017
2.2	Member Appointment, Compensation, and Responsibilities	4/27/2017
2.3	Orientation and Training	10/29/2013

IRB Review Procedures

Section	Title	Last Revised
3.1	Initial Screening	10/29/2013
3.2	Convened IRB Review	4/27/2018
3.3	Criteria for Approval	10/29/2013
3.4	Informed Consent	3/30/2015
3.5	Emergency Use and Informed Consent	11/5/2010
3.6	Privacy and Confidentiality of Research Records	10/29/2013
3.7	Protected Populations	10/29/2013
3.7.1	Prisoners	10/29/2013
3.7.2	Students and Employees	10/29/2013
3.7.3	Pregnant Women	10/29/2013
3.7.4	Fetuses or Fetal Tissue	10/29/2013
3.7.5	Children and Adolescents	10/29/2013
3.7.6	Surrogate Consent and Impaired Decisional Capacity	10/29/2013
3.8	Financial Disclosure and Conflict of Interest	7/25/2017
3.9	Exemption from IRB Review	3/1/2018
3.10	Expedited Review	4/7/2018
3.11	Continuing Review	3/3/2014
3.12	Protocol Amendments	9/3/2017
3.13	Reporting Adverse Events and Unanticipated Problems	3/21/2017
3.14	Protocol and Regulatory Violations	10/29/2013
3.15	Radiation Exposure and Radioisotopes	7/26/2012
3.16	Banking of Specimens	3/21/2017
3.17	Advertisements, Recruiting Materials, and Procedures and Procedures Preparatory to Research	3/21/2017
3.18	Review of Subject Complaints/Concerns/Questions	10/29/2013
3.19	Collaboration with Other UCSD Committees	11/20/2012
3.20	Confidentiality of Collected Specimens or Data	3/21/2017
3.21	IRB Oversight by Non-UCSD "Centralized" IRBs	9/18/2014

Functions and Operations

Section	Title	Last Revised
4.1	IRB Meeting	10/30/2008
4.2	Categories of Action	3/21/2017

Protocol Audits and Scientific Misconduct

Section	Title	Last Revised
5.1	Protocol Audits	10/30/2008
5.2	Communications, Sanctions, Appeals, and Disciplinary Actions	5/16/2017

e-IRB Services

Section	Title	Last Revised
6.1	e-IRB Submission and Review	10/30/2008

Multi-Site Studies

Section	Title	Last Revised
7.1	Multi-Site Studies	10/30/2008

Appendix

Section	Title	Last Revised
8.1	Abbreviations	10/29/2013
8.2	Definitions	5/24/2017

Superseded SOPPs and Human Research Guidelines

UCSD Human Research Protections Program Standard Operating Policies and Procedures (150 pages - 838K PDF)	10/30/2008
UCSD Human Research Protections Program Standard Operating Policies and Procedures (134 pages - 545K PDF)	1/30/2008
UCSD Human Research Protections Program Standard Operating Policies and Procedures (125 pages - 511K PDF)	2/15/2007
UCSD Human Research Protections Program Standard Operating Policies and Procedures (124 pages - 450K PDF)	5/28/2004
Human Research Guidelines	1999