CPHS-Related Links
- California Information Practices Act, Civil Code, Section 1798.24 (SB 13)
- FDA Regulations
- FDA Web Site
- HIPAA Privacy Rule
- Common Rule
- Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research and Applied Research Ethics National Association (Prim&R and ARENA)
Contact CPHS at:
400 R Street, Suite 369
Sacramento, CA 95811-6213
Phone: (916) 326-3660
Fax: (916) 322-2512
E-mail: cphs-mail@oshpd.ca.gov
Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects
Policies and Procedures
Federalwide Assurance For The Protection of Human Subjects
- The Federalwide Assurance is the formal agreement between the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) stipulating that all research conducted within the jurisdiction of the CHHSA will be reviewed by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects in accordance with the ethics and procedures designated in the Common Rule.
CPHS - Policies and Procedures
- The California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) established the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS), an institutional review board, in July 1976. The Health and Human Services Agency is bound by the terms of the Federalwide Assurance (FWA) 00000681 signed in June 2001 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office for Human Research Protections. The CPHS is the only Institutional Review Board (IRB) empowered by the California Health and Human Services Agency.
CPHS Policies & Procedures (27 pages, pdf)
- I. Institutional Authority
- II. Purpose of the CPHS
- III. Principles Governing the CPHS
- IV. Authority of the CPHS
- V. California Health and Human Services Agency Responsibilities
- VI. CPHS Members
- VII. CPHS Chair
- VIII. CPHS Vice Chair
- IX. CPHS Administrator
- X. Operations of the CPHS
- XI. Educational Outreach and Training for Researchers
- XII. Adverse Events
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December 27, 2007 2:51 PM