Resources: For Accreditation - International Addendum

Element II.1.A.: The IRB or EC membership permits appropriate representation at the meeting for the types of research under review, and this is reflected on the IRB or EC roster. The IRB or EC has one or more unaffiliated members; one or more members who represent the general perspective of participants; one or more members who do not have scientific expertise; one or more members who have scientific or scholarly expertise; and, when the IRB or EC regularly reviews research that involves vulnerable participants, one or more members who are knowledgeable about or experienced in working with such participants.