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IRB Historical Timeline

Events Year Actions
1932 Ìý
1937 Ìý
Ìý 1938
1939 Ìý
1940s Ìý
1940s Ìý
1944 Ìý
Ìý 1944
1946 Ìý
1946 Ìý
Ìý 1947
Ìý 1948 UN adoptsÌý
1951 Ìý
1952 Ìý
1953 Ìý
1953 Ìý
1956 Ìý
1957 Ìý
1960 Ìý
1962
1963 Ìý
Ìý 1964
1966
Institutional review required
1970 Ìý
1971 Ìý
Tuskegee Syphilis Study exposed. Study ends. 1972 Ìý
Ìý 1974 Tuskegee lawsuit settled out of court.
Ìý 1974 Ìýpassed by Congress
Ìý 1974 Ìýwas established. DHEW-funded research to be reviewed by IRBs
Ìý 1974 : IRB procedures established Subpart B: Special Protections for Pregnant Women and Fetuses
Ìý 1978 President Carter establishes theÌý(1978-83) leading to the creation of The Common Rule
Ìý 1978 : IRB procedures established Subpart C: Special Protections for Prisoners
Ìý 1979
Ìý 1981 FDA regulations for IRBs atÌýÌýrevised to correspond with DHHS regulations
Ìý 1982
Ìý 1983 : IRB procedures established Subpart D: Special Protections for Children
1989 Ìý
Ìý 1990
Ìý 1991
1993 Ìý
1930s & 40s Radiation Experiments Publicized 1993 Ìý
Ìý 1993/5
Ìý 1995 President Clinton creates theÌý
Ìý(1995-2001)
1996
1999 Ìý
Ìý 2000 OPRR is promoted toÌý
Ìý 2001 President Bush replaces the NBAC withÌýtheÌý
Ìý 2001
2001
Boston College'sÌýbegins (2001-2006) 2001 Ìý
Havasupai Tribe learn the extent of the ASU research study 2004
Ìý 2007
Ìý 2010
Ìý 2010
Ìý 2011
Ìý 2012
Ìý 2012
Ìý 2013
2014 Ìý
Ìý 2014
2014 Ìý
2014 Ìý
2015
Ìý 2017 Ìýconcludes upon the inauguration of the new president and is not replaced.
Ìý 2017 Ìýto the Common Rule is published on January 19, 2017 in the Federal Register.
Ìý 2018 Ìýwas implemented by July 18, 2018. Now known as the "Revised Common Rule" or "The 2018 Requirements"

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