Requirements on the Establishment of the Institute of Human and Social Sciences(IHSS) Ethics Committee, Kanazawa University(Establishment)
Article 1. Based upon Article 10 of the Human Subject Research Ethics Guidelines,
Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa University (hereafter referred to as
the “Ethics Guidelines”), the Institute of Human and Social Sciences (hereafterreferred to as the “Institute”) has established a human subject research ethics
review committee (hereafter referred to as the “Committee”).
2 Based upon applications filed by researchers that conduct human subject researchwithin the Institute, the Committee shall review research plans, including planned
publication methods for research results (hereafter referred to as the “ResearchPlans”).
The Committee will also plan and implement educational activities
promoting the principles of the Ethics Guidelines.
(Review Standards)
Article 2. Review standards shall be based upon the Ethics Guidelines, generallyaccepted ethics guidelines, related laws, and the guidelines, etc. of the relevantauthorities.
(Organization)
Article 3. The Committee shall consist of the following members:(1) One Advisor to the Dean of the Institute of Human and Social Sciences (hereafterreferred to as the “Dean”) designated by the Dean himself(2) One instructor selected from each faculty of the Institute(3) In the event that no specialist in law and ethics is appointed within the committee
as stipulated in (1) and (2), one instructor specializing in law and ethics
2 In addition to the members stated in the previous clause, it is possible to add to theCommittee additional experienced scholars from inside or outside of the university.
3 The committee chair (the selection of which is stipulated in Article 4) shallcommission experienced scholars specified in Clause 24 The term of appointment of committee members shall be two years, with norestrictions on re-appointment. However, the term for a committee member filling avacancy shall be the period remaining in the previous appointee’s term.
(Committee Chair)
Article 4. The Committee shall have a committee chair to be staffed by the memberthat Clause 1-(1) of Article 3 stipulates.
2. The committee chair will convene and preside the Committee.
3. In the event the committee chair is involved in an emergency, the work shall becarried out in proxy by a committee member selected beforehand by the committeechair.
(Quorums and Vote Tallies)
Article 5. A valid committee is established through the attendance of two-thirds of thecommittee members, and review judgments are made by a two-thirds or greater
majority of the attendees. However, attendance via proxy is permitted.

2 Committee members shall not be involved in reviews, if the Committee reviews
research plans and related documentation for which the members in question
themselves are a research representative, a joint researcher, or a cooperative
researcher (including research by students to which they provide research guidance
and other assistance as the principal advising instructor).
(Application Procedures)
Article 6. Researchers who want to receive a review of their research plans and related
documentation (hereafter referred to as the “Applicants”) must submit a humanresearch review application form using Form 1 or Form 2 (available separately)(hereafter referred to as the “Application Form”) to the committee chair.
2 Students shall make their applications under the guidance of their advising
instructor.
3 Except for the existence of special circumstances, applications from instructors inother departments or areas shall be accepted only if one instructor affiliated with theInstitute is acting as a joint researcher in the research.
(Review Method)
Article 7. Reviews shall be conducted quickly, with methods including document
reviews, consultation reviews, and other reviews conducted through Article 10. On
the other hand, procedures on applications made by students shall be specified
separately from the aforementioned procedures.
2 When necessary, the Committee can have the Applicant attend the committee
meeting to review the relevant research plan and other considerations. At thismeeting, the committee can request the Applicant to explain contents of theirapplication and other matters.
3 Judgments of review shall be made in terms of the following classifications.
(1) Approved(2) Approved with Conditions(3) Not Approved(4) Not Applicable(5) Held (Further Review)(Document Review)
Article 8. The Committee shall conduct a document review of the Application Form.
2 An “approved” judgement described in Clause 3 (1) of Article 7 shall be given in thecase of document review when two-thirds of the committee members give approval.
(Consultation Review)
Article 9. In the event that an “approved” judgment is not acquired through document
review, the committee chair shall convene the committee and reevaluate the relevant
application through a consultation review.
(Review Procedure Simplification)
Article 10. In the event the committee chair acknowledges any of the following itemsin the research plan, it is possible to simplify the review procedures in order to conduct
a faster review (hereafter referred to as the “Fast Review”).

(1) Review of research plans that needs minor changes(2) Reviews of research plans patterned on research plans that have already been
approved by the Committee.
(3) Reviews of research plans (including graduate thesis research and academic
dissertation research) that do not exceed minimal danger (danger that is not in excessof the limits for the possibility of physical, mental or social harm to everyday life, andis of a type that is socially acceptable) to subjects who provide personal information ordata for the research (hereafter referred to as the “Providers”).
2 In the event that the research plan for joint research has already been approved by
the ethics committee of a major research institute and another partner research
institute seeking to engage in the research, a fast review can be undertaken uponreceipt of the approval documentation from such research institutes.
3 Fast reviews shall be conducted on documentation by two committee members
selected beforehand by the committee chair. Approvals and conditional approvals
shall be decided upon through an agreement between the two members.
4 When a fast review has been conducted, the committee chair shall report the review
results to all committee members.
(Review Results)
Article 11. Following the conclusion of the review, the committee chair must
immediately report the review result to the Dean, using the human subject researchreview result notification form (Detached Form 4).
2 Based on the report from the preceding clause, the Dean shall immediately notify
the applicant of the review result, using the human subject research review
notification form (Detached Form 5).
(Review Exceptions)
Article 12. In the cases described in the following items, the Dean may decide whether
to give approval without a committee review upon consultation with the committeechair.
(1) When the relevant review requires particular urgency.
(2) Unsigned (anonymous) questionnaire investigations in which answering is left to
the will of Providers and the results are used exclusively for statistical analysis.
(3) When the review result can be clearly inferred from review precedents.
(4) In other cases with special circumstances.
2 In the event that a decision on approval or disapproval without a committee review
was made according to the preceding clause, the committee chair shall report theresult to all committee members immediately following the decision.
3 In the event that a decision on approval or disapproval was made through clause 1,
the Dean shall immediately notify the applicant of the decision made.
(Review Exemptions)
Article 13. Research that corresponds to one of the following shall not require anethics review.

(A) Research that does not involve personal information or data.
(B) Research that only uses generally obtainable information or data for which theacademic value has already been determined, that is widely used for research
purposes(C) Research that only uses information or data which is non-linkable anonymized, oreven if it is linkable anonymized, information and data for which the relevant research
institute does not possess a correspondence table.
(Additional Reviews)
Article 14. In the event the applicant has an objection to the judgment result of thereview, a request for an additional review can be made during a two-week period fromthe day after the Review Results Notification was received.
2 Requests for additional reviews must be conducted using the Human Subject
Research Additional Review Application Form (Detached Document Form 6).
However, if the applicant is a student, submissions shall be made together with aconsent from the advising instructor (no specified format).
3 When a request for an additional review is filed, the committee chair shall convene
the committee and conduct an additional review.
(Office Work)
Article 15. Committee work shall be administered within the Human and Social
Administration Department.
(Miscellaneous Provisions)
Article 16. Other items necessary to the Committee than those set forth within theserequirements shall be specified separately.
Article 17. The English name of the committee shall be the “Institute of Human andSocial Sciences Ethics Committee, Kanazawa University.”
Supplemental Provisions
1. These requirements are effective from July 29, 2016.
applied to student applicants from April 1, 2017.

However, they shall be

2. Regardless of the stipulations of Article 3-4, committee members selected for theirfirst appointment term shall serve until March 31, 2018.
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