{"id":762,"date":"2018-05-07T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/document\/expedited-review\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T22:14:27","slug":"expedited-review","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/guidance\/expedited-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Expedited Review"},"template":"","categories":[24],"tags":[],"content-type":[41],"topic":[42],"update-type":[],"class_list":["post-762","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","category-institutional-review-boards-irbmed","content-type-guidance","topic-application-types"],"acf":{"use_legacy_editor":true,"updated_date":"2018-05-07 14:00:00","update_notice":false,"author":"IRBMED","summary":"The <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/dhhs\">Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)<\/a> and the <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/food-and-drug-administration-fda\">Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<\/a> regulations for the protection of <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/human-subject-0\">human subjects <\/a>recognize that not all <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/research\">research<\/a> warrants review by the full IRB at a convened meeting. Accordingly, DHHS regulations at <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/45-cfr-46\">45 CFR 46<\/a> and FDA regulations at <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/21-cfr%E2%80%A6\">21 CFR<\/a> 56 permit certain types of research to be reviewed and <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/approved-decision\">approved<\/a> by <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/expedited-review\">expedited review<\/a>.\u00b7 A submission eligible for Expedited Review can be reviewed solely by one of the IRBMED co-chairs or their designee.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>An Expedited Review is not the same thing as a \"rush\" review.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To be eligible for Expedited Review, the <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/risk\">risk<\/a> to the research subjects must be no more than minimal.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Additional institutional restrictions may prohibit certain types of research from qualifying for expedited review.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>At the reviewer's discretion, submissions eligible for Expedited Review may still be referred to the full <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/institutional-review-board-irb\">IRB<\/a> for a vote.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/institutional-review-board-medical-school-irbmed\">IRBMED<\/a> staff evaluate all incoming applications to determine those that are eligible for expedited review.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFor your reference, the categories of research that may be reviewed by the IRB through an expedited review procedure can be found at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/ohrp\/regulations-and-policy\/guidance\/guidance-on-expedited-review-procedures\/index.html\">Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website.<\/a>","button_links":null,"related_content":"","legacy_path":"expedited-review","legacy_node_id":304,"legacy_related_nids":"","legacy_content_section":null,"update_notice_type":[],"update_notice_start":"","update_notice_end":"","update_notice_text_blocks":null,"global_contact_block":false,"contact_name":"","contact_email":"","contact_additional_info":"Contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:irbmed@umich.edu\">irbmed@umich.edu<\/a>\u00a0or 734-763-4768 \/ (Fax 734-763-1234)\r\n\r\n2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800\r\n\r\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/medresearch.umich.edu\/office-research\/about-office-research\/our-units\/institutional-review-boards-irbmed\/irbmed-contacts-roster#irbmed-staff\">list of IRBMED staff<\/a> is available at our website.<\/p>\r\n\r\nEdited By: <a href=\"mailto:larkspur@umich.edu\">larkspur@umich.edu<\/a>\r\nLast Updated: March 4, 2026 5:15PM","global_contact_block_select":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1899,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/762\/revisions\/1899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"update-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-type?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}