Organization Policy on Visitors to the IRB (Policy No. 103.15)
May 2005

The Organization will permit visitors to attend IRB meetings.  The following procedures must be in place to protect the privacy and confidentiality of deliberations:

• IRB staff should be notified to allow screening of the agenda
• The presence of the visitor should be noted in the minutes
• Visitors will be asked to sign a confidentiality statement and will be asked to leave the room for discussions that should only occur in executive session.