CMC - INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
Research & Publication
The Ethical Review Board (ERB) of Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) has delegated its power to Institutional Review Committees (IRCs) established at health care facilities, academic institutions and research institutions throughout Nepal.Every IRC team is multidisciplinary, having at least one female member and one external member not affiliated with the institution. IRCs hold regular meetings and submit semiannual progress reports to the NHRC. The NHRC has developed guidelines for the Institutional Review Committees for health research in Nepal. The guidelines regulate the conduct and define the operating procedures of the IRCs. An IRC is authorized to provide ethical clearance to research proposals from researchers from within the institution associated with a specific IRC, but are not authorized to provide approval to the following research proposals:
Chitwan Medical College – Institutional Review Committee (CMC-IRC) is amongst one of them. CMC-IRC is approved by national ERB of NHRC. CMC- IRC has been approved by NHRC (Approval of IRC formation) letter Ref no. 1497, on 8th July 2012. Since then CMC-IRC has been functioning well and also have been following the IRC guidelines while approving the research proposals and communicating same with NHRC on regular basis. This is also bringing to your notice that CMC-IRC has been reformed with effect from 2075/08/06 and carries out their activities regularly as per guidelines of Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of CMC-IRC.
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CMC is affiliated with Tribhuvan University, the world renowned university.
Chitwan Medical College
Bharatpur-10 Chitwan, Nepal
P.O.Box No.:-42
Tel: +056-532933 Ext:814/811
Fax:+ 056-532937
irc.secretary@cmc.edu.np