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Forms and Guidelines for Researchers


If any portion of research is conducted at one of the four Spokane hospitals and St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute review and approval must be obtained from the IRB–Spokane. The file links below are available in Microsoft Word.  (Note: If you have problems with any of the forms, it's possible that you have a different version of Word.  First, try saving the document to your desktop, next "SAVE as", rename the document and save it to your files.  If you still have difficulty with any of the forms, please contact us).

Application -

Conflict of Interest -

Consent Forms -  Use of the ICF template is required. It has received full board review/approval.

Continuing Review -

  • Continuing Review Request Form - Continuing Review Request Form (1-12).doc

     NOTE:  Because the IRB-Spokane is responsible for local oversite of CIRB studies the continuing review request form is now the same for all studies. 

Deviations/Violations

Emergency Use Guidelines - 

Exemption Determination -

HIPAA Privacy Rule Information and Forms -
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires researchers to obtain authorization from subjects to use and disclose their protected health information. Refer to the explanation memo and forms below for requirements.

  • Application for Waiver of HIPAA Authorization - Application for HIPAA Waiver (6-11).doc  
  • Definition of Protected Health information (PHI) and the 18 Identifiers  - See Policy and Procedures
  • HIPAA Authorization Addendum - Part of Informed Consent Template, see above for link

Modification (Sponsor Waiver or Exceptions) -

  • Modification (Amendment), Sponsor Waiver or Exceptions) SOP - See Policy and Procedures 
  • Change in Study Personnel SOP - See Policy and Procedures
  • Modification Request Form - Modification Request Form (1-12).doc  
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