Regulations and guidance

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversee the operations of the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Guiding ethical principles in human subject research

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website

21 CFR 50: Protection of human subjects

21 CFR 56: Institutional review boards

21 CFR 312: Investigational new drug application

21 CFR 314: Applications for FDA approval to market a new drug

21 CFR 601: Applications for FDA approval of a biologic license

21 CFR 812: Investigational device exemptions

21 CFR 814: Premarket approval for medical devices

FDA guidance for industry: Investigator responsibilities – Protecting the rights, safety, and welfare of study subjects 

MedWatch reporting system

HIPAA regulations with human subject research

HIPAA privacy rule

45 CFR 164: HIPAA regulations

Office for civil rights, 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164

Clinical research and the HIPAA privacy rule