6VAC35-170-170. Recommendation to director and final action.
A. The HRRC shall make a recommendation to the director to deny, approve, or conditionally approve the proposed human research.
B. The director shall approve or deny the proposal within 10 business days of receiving the committee's recommendation.
C. The research agreement shall become effective only after all reviews required by this chapter are completed and the director signs the agreement on behalf of the department. The coordinator of external research shall send a copy of the signed research agreement to the principal researcher before the project may begin.
D. The coordinator of external research shall notify the principal researcher of the director's final decision.
Statutory Authority
§§ 66-10 and 66-10.1 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 21, Issue 9, eff. February 9, 2005; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 5, eff. December 1, 2016; Volume 37, Issue 14, eff. April 15, 2021.