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board (HIPAA)
HIPAA
provides for an entity called a Privacy Board, the primary
task of which is to review authorization
waiver requests for research.
Such a board could
also have a general mandate to address institutional privacy
issues, in addition to the responsibilities given to the privacy
officer, though this function is not addressed in the
HIPAA regulations.
The specifications
for Privacy Board membership closely match those for Institutional
Review Boards (IRB) under the federal Common Rule. A Privacy
Board must:
- have members
with varying backgrounds and appropriate professional competency
as necessary to review the effect of the research protocol
on the individual’s privacy rights and related interests;
- include at least
one member who is not affiliated with the covered entity,
not affiliated with any entity conducting or sponsoring
the research, and not related to any person who is affiliated
with any of such entities; and
- not have any
member participating in a review of any project in which
the member has a conflict of interest.
See also:
Last modified:
14-May-2005
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