# Institutional Review Boards; Registration Requirements
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2009-01-15 · Effective 2009-07-14 · 74 FR 2358
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-682
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 2358
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 56
- **Publication date:** 2009-01-15
- **Effective date:** 2009-07-14
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2004-N-0117
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we) is issuing a final rule to require institutional review boards (IRBs) to register through a system maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The registration information includes contact information (such as addresses and telephone numbers), the number of active protocols involving FDA-regulated products reviewed during the preceding 12 months, and a description of the types of FDA-regulated products involved in the protocols reviewed. The IRB registration requirements will make it easier for FDA to inspect IRBs and to convey information to IRBs.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/01/15/E9-682/institutional-review-boards-registration-requirements)
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