Important Changes Announced by UW's Human Subjects Division and the IRB

UW's Human Subjects Division and the IRB would like to inform the UW research community about important changes in the following five areas:

1. Expansion of Minimal Risk Category 5 in human subjects regulations
2. A significantly revised HIPAA Authorization Form is now posted and implemented.
3. Requests for Waivers of Consent or HIPAA Authorization
4. Changes to the HIPAA regulations about health care records
5. Revised UW HIV Consent Form Template

More information about each of these changes is here.