Research involving the secondary analysis of existing data must be reviewed by the IRB to ascertain whether or not it requires IRB oversight.

Such research will be considered exempt if one or more of the following are true:

• The sources of such data are publicly available
• The information is recorded by the investigator in such a manner that subjects cannot be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects
• The dataset has been stripped of all identifying information and there is no way that the data could be linked back to the subjects from whom it was originally collected

Such research will qualify for an expedited or full-board review if:

• The source of the data is not publicly available data and/or contains private identifiable information about living individuals