Ethics and governance forms and guidelines

• General
• Human research ethics
• Animal research ethics and compliance
• Biosafety
• Gene technology
• Chemical hazards
• Plant, equipment, devices and pressure vessels

All forms are in PDF format unless otherwise stated

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General

• Statement of authorship and location of data form - see Frequently asked questions
• Institutional transfer of ethics project

Human research ethics

• Annual progress report
• Application for extension
• Project completion report
• HREC Annual/Extension/Completion form
• Conditions for human ethics approval (word doc)
• Adverse event form
• Serious adverse event form
• Clinical drug trials notification form (Therapeutic Goods Administration website)
• Model consent form (word doc)
• Protocol modification request
• Use of human tissue samples in subsequent research (word doc)
• Guidelines for evaluation activities - and in particular, Appendix 2 - Guidelines for external publishing and/or presentation of evaluation data (staff access only - pdf doc, 95kb)
• Course Coordinator Report form - for use when umbrella approval is required for an entire course

Animal research ethics and compliance

Common application forms are now available. These should be used for applications to SA Path/ CNH AEC and can also be submitted to other AECs with the exception of the University of Adelaide who have their own on-line forms. A print version of this will be accepted by other AECs where dual clearance is required.

Please note: old copies of forms will no longer be accepted.

• See the SA Pathology/Hanson Institute website - Forms and guidelines
• See Teaching and research permits for additional permits that may be required for research involving animals.

Biosafety

• Application for approval to use hazardous substances for research purposes
• Infectious Dealing Risk Management form

Gene technology

• Exempt dealing form
• Record of proposed notifiable low risk dealings (NLRD's) - required for all NLRD's assessed after 1 July 2007 - posted 1 July 2007 (OGTR website)
• Application for certification of a facility (OGTR website)
• Application for licence for dealings with a GMO not involving intentional release of the GMO into the environment (DNIR) (OGTR website)
• Application for licence for dealings with a GMO involving intentional release of the GMO into the environment (DIR) (OGTR website)

Chemical hazards

• Application for approval to use hazardous substances for research
• OHSW 12 Form - Chemical process risk identification and assessment (RTF file)

Plant, equipment, devices and pressure vessels

• Project proposal safety authorisation form (OHSW70) (Word doc) - see Plant, equipment, devices and pressure vessels for when to use this form.