Frequently Asked Questions

A PAM visit may be unannounced, especially in the case of a Directed (For-Cause) PAM visit.

The documents will be destroyed according to UTRGV policy (ADM 10-102) using the Records Management Office. 

UTRGV is following the federal, state and local regulation and guidelines for the protection of human subjects in research, animal used in research and teaching, and researchers, which requires the oversight of regulatory research.

Based on the federal, state and local regulation and guidelines, the regulatory committees can rely on a third party to support their continuing oversight.

Directed PAM are due to a non-compliance concern or consistent non-compliance events that need to be verified, then all PI protocols can be designated for PAM direct visit.

Regulatory committees are not directly involved in the PAM visit but will be notified in the case of non-compliance. An annual report with aggregated findings will be provided to the regulatory committees.

Our institution signed an agreement to rely on the other institution IRB for approval and promised to provide monitoring with PAM/QA program.