Full IRB Committee meeting is convened. The IRB Committee roster consists of 15 members. However, only 8 members are in attendance for today's meeting. One of the IRB members is Principal Investigator for one of the studies being reviewed and receives a portion of her salary from the supporting grant.

The Question: The IRB member who is the principal investigator, must recuse herself from the room during both the final deliberations and the vote on the study. Which of the following best describes the committee's action after the member leaves the IRB meeting?

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Liana Kerr

28 August, 17:25

Full IRB Committee meeting is convened. The IRB Committee roster consists of 15 members. However, only 8 members are in attendance for today's meeting. One of the IRB members is Principal Investigator for one of the studies being reviewed and receives a portion of her salary from the supporting grant.

The Question: The IRB member who is the principal investigator, must recuse herself from the room during both the final deliberations and the vote on the study. Which of the following best describes the committee's action after the member leaves the IRB meeting?

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Tate Townsend · Answer 1

Defer the proposal to the next meeting because of a loss if quorum

Explanation:

The deliberation has to be postponed because the available members are not up to the required number of members required to be available for voting and deliberation to commence and the recuse of The investigator because of the conflict of interest facilitated it because he is not allowed to partake in the deliberation and voting.