RERC definition
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The Research and Ethics Review Committee (RERC) is responsible for evaluating and approving or denying requests for IDPH- owned data for the purposes of research.
All applications for access to confidential or implied confidential IDPH data requested for the purpose of research must be reviewed and approved by the Research and Ethics Review Committee (RERC).
In addition, the Confirmation of Destruction form must be completed and returned to the RERC upon completion of the project.
All applications will be placed in queue for RERC review upon receipt of necessary documentation from the PI.
The RERC is responsible for receiving and processing all applications for research agreements and research-related requests for IDPH data.
The RERC is also responsible for assuring documentation is sufficient to meet the requirements for committee review.
The timing of reviews and final decisions is dependent on completeness of the application, PI responsiveness to comments or questions from the RERC, and the number of applications under review at that time.
The data owner and data custodian will receive approval in the form of a copy of the research agreement from the RERC.
The duties of the RERC do not include review or approval of data sharing agreements where research is not the basis for the request.
If there is not a data owner or custodian identified for a dataset, the RERC will identify the appropriate contact to fulfill the request.