Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 2 - Administrative Components › Subchapter 39 - Innovation Services › Part 3 - OKLAHOMA DEMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (DHSIRB) › Section 340:2-39-8 - Membership

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Oklahoma
				  Department of Human Services Institutional Review Board (DHSIRB) membership
				  requirements.
(1) The DHSIRB is
				  comprised of at least seven members. Membership criteria includes, but is not
				  limited to, consideration of earned degrees, representative capacity, and
				  indications of experience, such as board certifications or licenses sufficient
				  to describe each member's chief anticipated contributions to DHSIRB
				  deliberations.
(2) Prior to
				  serving on the DHSIRB, all members submit certificates of completed Human
				  Subject Assurance Training offered by the federal Office for Human Research
				  Protections (OHRP).
(3) Prior to
				  serving on the DHSIRB, all members must sign an Acknowledgment of Receipt
				  stating they have received and reviewed the DHSIRB rules.
(4) To the greatest extent reasonably
				  possible, the DHSIRB members have varying academic, professional, and personal
				  backgrounds to promote complete and adequate review of research activities
				  commonly conducted by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) or at
				  state-operated facilities. In addition to possessing the experience and
				  expertise necessary to review specific research activities, the members are
				  expected to ascertain the acceptability of proposed research in terms of DHS
				  commitments and rules and regulations, applicable law, and standards of
				  professional conduct and practice.
(5) The DHSIRB similarly strives, through
				  member experience, expertise, and diversity, including race, gender, cultural
				  backgrounds, and sensitivity to issues, such as community attitudes, to promote
				  respect for its advice and counsel in safeguarding the rights and welfare of
				  human subjects.
(A)
Scientific
				  background.
The DHSIRB includes at least one member whose primary
				  concerns are in scientific areas and at least one member whose primary concerns
				  are in nonscientific areas.
(B)
A member not affiliated with DHS.
The DHSIRB includes at least one
				  member who is not otherwise affiliated with DHS and who is not an immediate
				  family of a person who is affiliated with DHS.
(C)
Ad hoc members with special
				  competence.
The DHSIRB may, in its discretion, invite individuals with
				  competence in special areas to assist in the review of issues that require
				  expertise beyond, or in addition to, that normally available to DHSIRB members.
				  These individuals may not vote on any DHSIRB matter.
(6) DHSIRB membership consists of at least a
				  member of DHS:
(A) Office of Client Advocacy
				  (OCA);
(B) Legal Services;
(C) Child Welfare Services;
(D) Children's Services;
(E) Adult and Family Services;
(F) Adult Services;
(G) Information Security; and
(H) Innovation Services. The Innovation
				  Services member serves on the DHSIRB representing scientific areas.
(7) The DHS Director approves the
				  selection of DHSIRB members, including the Chair, Vice-Chair, and alternates,
				  and is notified by the Chair of any studies that are disapproved by the DHSIRB.