Negros Oriental State University
Research Ethics Committee
Research Ethics, Review & Oversight
Information on NORSU Research Ethics Committee meetings, quorum, deliberations, conflict-of-interest safeguards, and meeting documentation based on the Research Ethics Manual.
The Research Ethics Manual provides for regular Committee meetings and allows special meetings for urgent matters as determined by the REC Chair.
The Manual states that the REC shall regularly meet as a committee every second Wednesday of the month.
The source also contains an additional scheduling phrase related to University R&D activity whose wording is unclear in the supplied Manual; it is not reproduced here to avoid misrepresenting the approved schedule.
Special meetings may be held to consider urgent matters when decided by the REC Chair.
A valid quorum also requires the presence of at least one non-medical/non-scientist member and one non-affiliated member for decisions on proposed research. Without these required members, there is no quorum.
Members involved in a study or project under consideration must disclose the potential conflict. Participation in review is then handled according to the Committee's conflict-of-interest safeguards.
A member with a conflict of interest is not present during deliberation and decision-making. A member who is the principal investigator or researcher may remain only to answer questions for clarification, then leaves before deliberation and the decision.
Conflict-of-interest safeguards support the REC's responsibility to conduct independent and impartial ethical review while protecting research participants and maintaining confidence in Committee decisions.
Membership & COIThe Manual requires REC documentation and communication to be dated, filed, and archived, and calls for templates for meeting agendas and minutes.
Meeting agendas form part of the REC's documented records and should follow established templates.
Minutes of REC meetings are documented and archived as part of the Committee's recordkeeping system.
REC communications and documentation are dated, filed, and archived to support organized records and accountability.
The website can display approved meeting dates, submission cut-off dates, venues, or notices here once these are provided by the NORSU Research Ethics Committee. No dates beyond the Manual's regular-meeting provision have been invented.
Visit the SOPs & Forms page for the Letter of Intent, application form, informed consent templates, and other available REC documents.