{"id":851,"date":"2018-05-22T10:43:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T10:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/document\/statement-practice-peerrs-certification-requirements\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:47:15","slug":"statement-practice-peerrs-certification-requirements","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/policies\/statement-practice-peerrs-certification-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Practice: PEERRS Certification Requirements"},"template":"","categories":[24],"tags":[],"content-type":[72],"topic":[43,66,46],"update-type":[],"class_list":["post-851","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","category-institutional-review-boards-irbmed","content-type-policies","topic-eresearch-regulatory-management-errm","topic-investigator-study-team-responsibilities","topic-statements-of-practice"],"acf":{"use_legacy_editor":true,"updated_date":"2022-05-18 10:15:00","update_notice":false,"author":"IRBMED","summary":"This document replaces the March 11, 2019\u00a0\"PEERRS Certification Requirements\" document.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Note:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0It is the responsibility of the PI to enforce appropriate <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/human-subject-0\">human subjects<\/a> protection education for study team roles where certification is not otherwise mandated.","button_links":[{"button_link":{"title":"Click for .PDF","url":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/20180604through20180621-Statement-of-Practice_-PEERRS-Certification-Requirements-_-Research-A-to-Z.pdf","target":"_blank"}}],"related_content":[769],"legacy_path":"statement-practice-peerrs-certification-requirements","legacy_node_id":411,"legacy_related_nids":"311","legacy_content_section":[{"legacy_section_type":"heading","legacy_heading":"Statement","legacy_subheading":"","legacy_section_text":"","legacy_media_position":"","legacy_media_file":"","legacy_media_url":"","legacy_glossary_term":"","legacy_glossary_nids":"","legacy_resource":"","legacy_resource_nids":"","legacy_buttons":null},{"legacy_section_type":"text_area","legacy_heading":"","legacy_subheading":"","legacy_section_text":"Current certification demonstrating a basic level of <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/human-subject-0\">human subjects<\/a>\u2019\u00a0protection education is required for certain study team roles before IRBMED Approval or Exempt determination; these roles include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/principal-investigator-pi\">Principal Investigator (PI)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/co-investigator-co-i\">Co-Investigator (Co-I)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Faculty Advisor<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Study Coordinator\/Project Manager<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Research Staff <sup>1<\/sup><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>IMPORTANT: <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/umhealth.sharepoint.com\/sites\/Corporate-Compliance\/SitePages\/HIPAA-.aspx\">Michigan Medicine Compliance Office<\/a> <em>(level-2 login required) <\/em>requires any study team member who will be requesting access to medical records to complete PEERRS certification, regardless of the individual\u2019s role in eResearch.\r\n\r\nThis certification requirement applies to the above study team roles for the following application types:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>New applications (HUMs)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/amendment-ame\">Amendments (AMEs)<\/a> adding new staff<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nCompletion of <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/peerrs\">PEERRS<\/a> is strongly recommended for all individuals participating as a member of a study team. However, Research Staff may be exempted from the certification requirement only if the PI indicates within eResearch that the individual is not required to complete certification.\r\n\r\nAcceptable <a href=\"https:\/\/research-compliance.umich.edu\/peerrs-portal\/\">U-M\u00a0Program for Education and\u00a0Evaluation in Responsible Research and Scholarship<\/a>\u00a0(PEERRS) certifications include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\u201cHuman Subjects Research Protections\u201d module<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"rteindent1\"><em><strong>Or<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\u00a0\"Training waiver - Human subjects protections\" processed by PEERRS staff<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIt is the responsibility of the PI to enforce appropriate human subjects protection education for other study team roles. IRBMED strongly encourages that\u00a0<strong>all\u00a0<\/strong>listed study team members maintain current PEERRS certification or equivalent training, particularly those who interact with human subjects and\/or obtain identifiable data.\r\n\r\nThis recommendation is particularly applicable to study team members who obtain:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Research data through either <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/intervention\">intervention<\/a> or <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/interaction\">interaction<\/a> with subjects<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identifiable <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/private-information\">private information<\/a> about the subjects<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"rteindent1\"><strong><em>OR<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/informed-consent\">Informed consent<\/a>\/<a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/assent\">assent<\/a> from the subjects<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThis recommendation does not extend to persons not <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/engaged\">engaged<\/a> in human subjects research. Persons not expected to complete certification include, for example, individuals working with either <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/coded\">coded<\/a> specimen examples in the lab or working with deidentified data.\r\n\r\n________________\r\n\r\n<sup>1<\/sup> Research Staff are required to complete certification of IRBMED\u00a0practice; PIs, Co-Is, Faculty Advisors, and Study Coordinators\/Project Managers are required to complete certification under institutional policy.","legacy_media_position":"","legacy_media_file":"","legacy_media_url":"","legacy_glossary_term":"","legacy_glossary_nids":"","legacy_resource":"","legacy_resource_nids":"","legacy_buttons":null},{"legacy_section_type":"heading","legacy_heading":"Resources","legacy_subheading":"","legacy_section_text":"","legacy_media_position":"","legacy_media_file":"","legacy_media_url":"","legacy_glossary_term":"","legacy_glossary_nids":"","legacy_resource":"","legacy_resource_nids":"","legacy_buttons":null},{"legacy_section_type":"text_area","legacy_heading":"","legacy_subheading":"","legacy_section_text":"<ol>\r\n \t<li>UM <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/glossary\/hrpp\/\">Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/hrpp.umich.edu\/resource\/operations-manual\/\">Operations Manual (OM)<\/a>, Part 13, Section I<\/li>\r\n \t<li>PEERRS Home Page\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/my.research.umich.edu\/peerrs\/\">https:\/\/research-compliance.umich.edu\/peerrs-portal\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>IRBMED Frequently Asked Questions, \u201cWhat is PEERRS ...?\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medresearch.umich.edu\/office-research\/about-office-research\/our-units\/institutional-review-boards-irbmed\/irbmed-frequently-asked-questions-faq#peerrs\">https:\/\/medresearch.umich.edu\/office-research\/about-office-research\/our-units\/institutional-review-boards-irbmed\/irbmed-frequently-asked-questions-faq#peerrs<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","legacy_media_position":"","legacy_media_file":"","legacy_media_url":"","legacy_glossary_term":"","legacy_glossary_nids":"","legacy_resource":"","legacy_resource_nids":"","legacy_buttons":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 <a href=\"mailto:irbmed@umich.edu\">irbmed@umich.edu<\/a> or 734-763-4768 \/ (Fax 734-763-1234)\r\n2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800\r\n\r\nA <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.\r\n\r\nEdited By: <a href=\"mailto:larkspur@umich.edu\">larkspur@umich.edu<\/a>\r\nLast Updated: April 13, 2026 3:45PM","global_contact_block_select":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/851","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/851\/revisions\/1969"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"update-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-type?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}