HREC Terms of Reference
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Before starting a research or quality assurance project, researchers must have ethics and governance approval. The Human Research Ethics Committee provides ethics approval.
The Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) acts by way of delegated authority of the Board of Directors and has executive authority conferred upon it to fulfill the roles and carry out the functions detailed in these Terms of Reference.
The HREC is established pursuant to the bylaws of the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) as a sub-committee of the RMH Executive and operates within the guidelines of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The HREC reports to the Chief Executive through the Director of Research.
The HREC has been established to conduct scientific and ethical reviews of proposals for human research:
The roles of the HREC are to:
In fulfilling these roles, the HREC will:
The RMH HREC will be constituted in conformity with the National Statement and will have at least eight (8) members, both men and women, namely:
Find out how to apply for ethical review.
Note that you are required to submit an application for Ethics and an application for Governance approval.
Find out how to apply for QA project review.