New Zealand Health and Disability Ethics Committees


 
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Guidance and Resources

Committee Resources


Resources relating to administration of the health and disability ethics committees, and other information relevant to committee members.

Meeting dates


Agendas close at 5pm on the advertised day. Occasionally, where there is good reason, a late application may be accepted at the discretion of the Chairperson and administrator.

Please note that agendas may close prior to the published closing date if more applications are received than can be reviewed at the meeting. If another committee has capacity, researchers may be offered a place on its agenda. If insufficient applications are received, the meeting may be cancelled and researchers offered a place on another committee's agenda. Applications must still submitted to the appropriate regional or Multi-region Committee. Only complete applications, ie with only confirmation of Māori consultation, locality assessment by organisation and SCOTT pending, will be accepted on to an agenda.

2010 meeting dates and agenda closing dates (Excel, 16 KB)
2010 meeting dates and agenda closing dates (PDF, 55 KB)

2009 meeting dates and agenda closing dates (Excel, 16 KB)
2009 meeting dates and agenda closing dates (PDF, 45 KB)
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Chair's Manual


The manual written to assist Chairpersons of Health and Disability Ethics Committees.

This publication is intended to:
  • provide an overview of the functions of ethics committees
  • describe committee processes and requirements
  • suggest helpful hints for situations that might arise in ethics committee business.

Manual for Chairpersons of Health and Disability Ethics Committees (Word, 302 KB)
Manual for Chairpersons of Health and Disability Ethics Committees (PDF, 154 KB)
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Operational Standard for Ethics Committees

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The Operational Standard for Ethics Committees (2006) provides guidance on principles that should be considered in the review of research proposals.

Web resources: ethics-related topics


Information of interest to committee members.

National Research Ethics Service (www.corec.org.uk)
United Kingdom guidance on Informed Consent including information sheets and consent forms.

British Medical Journal (www.bmj.com)

Xenotransplantation
Report on Xenotransplantation (PDF, 491 KB) (www.bioethics.org.nz)
Animal to Human Transplants: The Ethics of Xenotransplantation (PDF, 646 KB) (www.nuffieldbioethics.org)
Animal to Human Transplantation - Future Potential, Present Risk (www.who.int)
Xenotransplantation Guidance, United Kingdom (www.dh.gov.uk)
Xenotransplantation Action Plan, US Food and Drug Administration (aotearoa.wellington.net.nz)
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US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) registration site


All research that uses funding from the US government must be reviewed by an ethics committee that is registered by the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Refer to the list of OHRP-registered health and disability committees (ohrp.cit.nih.gov)

How to register

Registering requires the committee Administrator and Chairperson to complete three on-line training modules. Committee members (and any other interested parties) may also complete the modules.

Complete the on-line training modules

The National Co-ordinator of Ethics Committees is responsible for ensuring that all health and disability ethics committees are registered.

Page last updated: 5 October 2009
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