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ORD Policies and Guidance Documents

QUESTIONS? For policy and guidance questions contact VHA CO ORD Regulatory at VHACOORDRegulatory@va.gov.

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What's New

Memorandum from the DEAN-DUSH: Delay in Implementation of VHA Directive 1200.01 Policies for Three Specific Areas until July 31, 2020 (January 16, 2020)

Restriction on Use of Fetal Tissue for All VHA Research Studies (August 28, 2019)

Manual for Administrative Officers and Associate Chiefs of Staff (June 13, 2019)

VHA Directive 1200.19 Presentation of Research Results, 10X2 - Research and Development (June 13, 2019)




FINAL RULE ISSUED: FEDERAL POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS (THE COMMON RULE)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and fifteen other Federal Departments and Agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, have issued final revisions to the Common Rule. The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017.




Announcements

PUBLIC ACCESS
Investigators must make available to the public all peer-reviewed publications reporting the results of ORD-funded research without restriction...Learn more

PUBLICATION NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
VA investigators or their local research offices are required, per VHA Directive 1200.19, to notify VHA Research Communications of all scientific publications or presentations, upon acceptance. Read about the notification process.

DECLARATION OF VA RESEARCH PRINCIPLES
This poster describes how VA commits to conducting ethical human research, and is a reminder that everyone in VA is responsible for making sure these principles are followed as a top priority. Download (942 KB, PDF)

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