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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Recently the HRPP Office has received several questions about HOW to access Protected Health Information (PHI) once a waiver of HIPAA authorization is granted by the IRB. If you are interested in this information, please see the “Accessing
PHI with Waiver of HIPAA Authorization” document: <a href="https://www.utoledo.edu/research/rsp/irb/docs/GuidanceForStudiesAccessingUsingHipaaWaiver.pdf">
https://www.utoledo.edu/research/rsp/irb/docs/GuidanceForStudiesAccessingUsingHipaaWaiver.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This document can be found on the Biomedical IRB Form page: <span style="color:black">
<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.utoledo.edu%2Fresearch%2Frsp%2Firb%2Fbioforms.html&data=04%7C01%7CHillary.Snyder%40UToledo.Edu%7C2105fd2f23f44156155808d88271c9ab%7C1d6b1707baa94a3da8f8deabfb3d467b%7C0%7C0%7C637402772516628053%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=N8PO5ZDgv4JfvTsvx76pKpoEnryyOyFuq%2BUK1CS8ME0%3D&reserved=0">https://www.utoledo.edu/research/rsp/irb/bioforms.html</a>
and IRB Guidance page: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.utoledo.edu%2Fresearch%2Frsp%2Firb%2Fguidance.html&data=04%7C01%7CHillary.Snyder%40UToledo.Edu%7C2105fd2f23f44156155808d88271c9ab%7C1d6b1707baa94a3da8f8deabfb3d467b%7C0%7C0%7C637402772516638050%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=qM6wxXnyo00AZg2tHz%2F2scxLyLzld6zNDdl5adM0Vx0%3D&reserved=0">
https://www.utoledo.edu/research/rsp/irb/guidance.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, please contact your IRB Analyst:
<a href="https://www.utoledo.edu/research/rsp/irb/StaffIRB.html">https://www.utoledo.edu/research/rsp/irb/StaffIRB.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hillary</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.0pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003A72">Hillary Snyder, PhD, CIP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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