Office of Research Assurances

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

HIPPA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

HIPAA has been implemented as of April 14, 2003. The Rule governs how health care providers use and disclose personally identifiable health information on their patients, including use and disclosure for research purposes. The following link directs the reader to a white paper which summarizes how this Act will impact research using identifiable health information: http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm

HIPAA Privacy Regulations: Uses and Disclosures for Research

The final rule to the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the Privacy Rule) are in the August 14, 2002 Federal Register (Uses and Disclosures for Research Purposes, 45CFR 164.512(i)). Investigators conducting any research using individuals’ personal health information should review the rules.

Institutional Review Board, P.O. Box 643005 Albrook 205, Washington State University, Pullman WA 99164-3005
IRB Coordinator: Malathi Jandhyala, irb@wsu.edu, Phone: 509-335-3668, Fax: 509-335-6410
Director, Office of Research Assurances: David Clark, Phone: 509-335-1585