HIPAA IRB DHHS Guidance
March 2004

The following text is taken from the United States Department of Health & Human Services
Web site at: http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov/clin_research.asp .The HHS text reflects commentary on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and does not always reflect other federal laws or regulations such as HHS and FDA Protection of Human Subjects Regulations. The commentary also does not reflect Hopkins internal policies. Accordingly, we have added HOPKINS NOTES in bold which reflect these considerations where they may differ from the HHS HIPAA Information for Researchers.

 Institutional Review Boards and the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Clinical Research and the Privacy Rule

Protecting Personal Health Information in Research:
Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule