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IRB Historical Timeline

Events Year Actions
1932
1937
1938
1939
1940s
1940s
1944
1944
1946
1946
1947
1948 UN adopts
1951
1952
1953
1953
1956
1957
1960
1962
1963
1964
1966
Institutional review required
1970
1971
Tuskegee Syphilis Study exposed. Study ends. 1972
1974 Tuskegee lawsuit settled out of court.
1974 passed by Congress
1974 established. DHEW funded research to be reviewed by IRBs
1974 : IRB procedures established
Subpart C: Special Protections for Pregnant Women and Fetuses
1978 President Carter establishes the(1978-83) leading to the creation of The Common Rule
1978 Subpart C: Special Protections for Prisoners
1979
1981 FDA regulations for IRBs atrevised to correspond with DHHS regulations
1982
1983 Subpart D: Special Protections for Children
1989
1990
1991
1993
1930s & 40s Radiation Experiments Publicized 1993
1993/5
1995 President Clinton creates the
(1995-2001)
1996
1999
2000 OPRR is promoted to
2001 President Bush replaces the NBAC with
the
2001
2001
Boston College'sbegins (2001-2006) 2001
Havasupai Tribe learn the extent of the ASU research study 2004
2007
2010
2010
2011
2012
2012
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
2015
2017 concludes upon the inauguration of the new president and is not replaced.
2017 to the Common Rule is published on January 19, 2017 in the Federal Register.
2018 was implemented by July 18, 2018. Now known as the "Revised Common Rule" or "The 2018 Requirements"