Section He-M 316.02 - Definitions(a) "Committee for the protection of human subjects (CPHS, committee) " means a department-sponsored institutional review board (IRB) charged with overseeing all research projects involving human subjects that are conducted in institutions and community programs funded in whole or in part by the bureau of behavioral health (BBH), the bureau of developmental services (BDS), or the bureau of drug and alcohol services (BDAS) of the New Hampshire department of health and human services.(b) "Continuing review" means an annual review of the progress of the research.(c) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.(d) "Expedited review" means a review carried out by the CPHS chairperson or by one of more experienced reviewers designated by the chairperson from among the members of the CPHS.(e) "Full committee review" means a review of the research submission at a meeting at which a quorum is convened by the committee established pursuant to RSA 171-A:19-a, II.(f) "Principal investigator (PI) " means the individual with primary responsibility for the design, conduct, and funding of a research project.(g) "Quorum" means a majority of the members of the CPHS are present, including at least one member whose primary expertise is scientific and one member whose primary expertise is nonscientific.(h) "Research" means a systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge, and for the purposes of this rule does not include: (1) Activities that are solely for the purpose of clinical intervention;(2) The collection of information for quality improvement activities; or(3) Client satisfaction surveys.N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 316.02
Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 45, Filed November 09, 2017, Proposed by #12408, Effective 10/24/2017, Expires 4/22/2018.