• 
  IRB chair 
• IRB vice chair 
• IRB member 
• IRB staff (administrative support) 
• Other (eg liaison with outside IRB). Please provide your IRB title or describe your role:_________________________

• 
  Certified IRB Professional (CIP®) 
• Certified Healthcare Research Compliance (CHRC) 
• Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC) 
• Certified IRB Manager (CIM) 
• Certified Research Administrator (CRA) 
• Other (please specify): 

• 4. In what part of the United States is your IRB(s) located?
  
  
  
  
  
• HHS Region 1 
  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
• HHS Region 2
  New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
• HHS Region 3
  Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
• HHS Region 4
  Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
• HHS Region 5
  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
• HHS Region 6
  Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
• HHS Region 7
  Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
• HHS Region 8
  Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
• HHS Region 9
  Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
• HHS Region 10
  Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Hawaii
  
  

• 
  We have our own IRB at the health department
• We participate in an IRB formally established to serve multiple agencies (e.g. governmental public health and human service agencies have a joint IRB) 
• We routinely rely on one or more an outside IRBs to review protocols  on behalf of the health department 
  
  
  
• We occasionally encounter a situation where we need an IRB to review a protocol, and when this situation arises, we make the necessary arrangements for this to happen
• To date, we have never needed an IRB to review a research protocol  
  (please explain):
• Other (eg, please explain): 

• 
  Academic or hospital  IRB(s)
• Another state agency's IRB 
• Commercial IRB(s)
• CDC IRB 
• Other (please specify): 
  
  If you  rely on  external IRBs,  are you charged a fee for reviews to be conducted?
  
  
  
• Yes, we always pay a fee
• Yes, we sometimes pay a fee
• No, we never pay a fee
• Other (please describe):______
  
  
  
  
  
  

• 
  6. Does your organization  external organizations have IRB authorization agreements in place with any of  the following categories of external organizations? 
  
  
  
  
• Local health departments
• Non-profit organizations
• Other (please specify):
  
  
  The  next 2 questions  were moved from farther on to  this part of the survey
  
  
  

• 
  Yes, routinely (provide details);
• Yes, occasionally (provide details):
• No
• Other (please explain):

• 
  22a. Under what conditions do you allow local health departments to submit to your IRB? 

• 
  Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)  accreditation
• In the process of receiving AAHRPP accreditation 
• Other (please specify): 
• None 

• 
  Yes 
• No 

• 
  IRB Policies and Procedures 
• Other (please explain): 

• 
  Federally funded/sponsored protocols only 
• All protocols 

• 
  Far above average 
• Somewhat above average 
• Average 
• Somewhat below average 
• Far below average 
• Other  (please explain):

• 
  Too little 
• About right 
• Too much 

• 
  Yes 
• No
  
  21a. What software do you use to manage IRB submissions? 
  
  
  
  Consider moving next 2 questions  to after question 6. 

• 
  Yes 
• No
• Other
• Not Applicable 

• 
  24. To what extent have you implemented revised/new policies and procedures as a result of new federal (OHRP) Common Rule regulations (the Revised Common Rule)? 
  
  
  New question: Do you plan to require federally funded/supported cooperative  studies using a single IRB to also submit an application for study approval to  your IRB, when the study involves health department participation or release of identifiable health department data? 
  
  
  
  
• We plan always rely on the single IRB identified  for the study 
• We have a statute or rule that prohibits health department reliance on the single IRB
• We are considering implementing a statute or rule that prohibits reliance on the single IRB
• If we identify a compelling reason, we will attempt to not be required to rely on the single IRB 
• Other (please explain):

• We review all DUAs prior to execution
• We review all DUAs after execution
• We do not routinely review  DUAs as part of our our IRB review and approval process
• Other: 

• Is there already some data or could we collect some information regarding the departments such as are they Centralized; Independent per county or jurisdiction; are the HIPPA covered or hybrid entities.
• At various places in document it states in "the last 12 months".  Would it be better to define a specific time period with date to date.  Based on the time the survey is completed there could be some significant difference in the time frame.  If it was from Date to Date the data would be consistent and easier to compare. 
• Question 5 section option "We have our own IRB at the health department"   Could this include  at the county/jurisdiction health department and then another option for at the state health department.
• Question 7 response "None"  Could a text box be added to capture the reason as to in accreditation status (probably will be the cost).
• Question 8, I am interested in why the have the state/county/cit regulations and how they work with the federal regulations.  I am not sure how to capture that here.  
• Question 18,   Many times the protocol is submitted; however, it is returned to the PI for additional information or corrections.   Depending on the PI response time this could skew  the time and appear the IRB was much slower with processing.  It would be cleaner to ask what the time is once the protocol packet is 100% complete.
• Question 22 may be better located after #6 if the clarifications to note to #6 are accepted.
• Question #28  Full Members, Community Members & Non-Scientific Members I think this would be clearer to determine Full Members who are internal and external to the institution.  Also, capturing those with a scientific title would be helpful.

• 4. In what part of the United States is your IRB located?
  
  
  
  
  
• HHS Region 1 
  Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
• HHS Region 2
  New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
• HHS Region 3
  Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia
• HHS Region 4
  Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee
• HHS Region 5
  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin
• HHS Region 6
  Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
• HHS Region 7
  Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
• HHS Region 8
  Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming
• HHS Region 9
  Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau
• HHS Region 10
  Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

• 
  Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)  accreditation
• In the process of receiving AAHRPP accreditation 
• Other (please specify): 
• None 

Activities Deemed Not to Be Research: Public Health Surveillance 2018 Requirements