In compliance with the provisions Rule 23 (b) of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the PNHRS Act (RA 10532) as well as the provisions of DOST, DOH, CHED, UPM Joint Memorandum Order No. 2012-001 dated December 28, 2012, the subject of which is the Requirement for Ethical Review of Health Research Involving Human Participants, it shall be the policy of the West Visayas State University (WVSU) that, effective_______, all Health Research involving human subjects belonging to any category described below, shall undergo ethics review by the University’s PHREB Accredited Ethics Review Committee(s). This policy shall apply to:

The URERC accepts the following proposals/protocols for review:

1. All researches from West Visayas State University Faculty, students and staff from main and external campuses;

2. Researches done by residents, students, consultants and hospital employees in West Visayas State University Medical Center (WVSUMC);

3. Researches done by researchers outside WVSU and WVSUMC whose participants are employees/students of WVSU or whose research site is located in any campus/facility of the WVSU and WVSUMC system;

4. Researches referred from the PNHRS, PCHRD, DOST, PHIC, PHREB, DOH, FDA, CHED, industry organizations, etc. on the condition that the host hospital/institution where the proposal will be done accepts the review of University’s Ethics Committee and agrees to abide by the rules, regulations and local and international guidelines that the Committee follows;

5. Approved researches by other REC’s done in sites outside the WVSU and WVSUMC for continuing review in case study has not been completed and the original REC ceases to function or becomes irrelevant for whatever reason.

The researchers submitting research proposals belonging to no. 3-5 as described above or their research sites shall enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the WVSU which shall provide, among others, that they or their research site agree to provide the proper environment to ensure the safe and ethical conduct of the research, including oversight and stewardship functions, and that they agree to monitor procedures that the committee may deem necessary. These conditions, together with the conditions stated above in their specific category, shall be written in a document and signed by other hospitals/institutions that accept WVSU-URERC review.