Guidelines & Procedures
The Handbook of Operating Procedures is the is the official repository of policies and procedures established for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Visit the website to learn more.
Sponsored Programs
Grants and Contracts
Clinical Research
- UTRGV SOP Table of Contents
- UTRGV Standard Operating Procedure Glossary
- GA-101 Development and Maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures
- GA-102 Access and Use of Protected Health Information Preparatory to Research
- GA-104 Scope of Practice
- GA-105 Investigator Responsibility for Study Team Training and Documentation
- GA-106 Transfer of Sponsor-Investigator Initiated FDA Regulated Studies
- GA-109 Departing Investigators
- RA-201 Regulatory Documentation
- RA-203 Document Control
- RA-204 Adverse Event Reporting
- RA-205 Use of Florence for Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures
- RA-206 Florence End User Training
- PM-302 Site Qualification Visit
- PM-303 Site Initiation Visit
- PM-304 Study Monitoring and Auditing Visits
- PM-305 Study Closeout for Sponsored Clinical Research
- PM-306 Registration of Clinical Trials in ClinicalTrials.gov
- PM-307 Results Reporting of Clinical Trials in ClinicalTrials.gov
- SM-401 Subject Screening and Enrollment
- SM-402 Informed Consent Process
- SM-403 Study Visits
- SM-404 Protection of Confidential Information
- SM-405 Specimen Collection and Management
- DM-501 Case Report Form Completion
- DM-502 Source Documentation Standards
- DM-504 Record Retention, Archive, and Storage
- DM-505 Certified Copies of Research Regulatory Documents
- QA-601 FDA Inspections
- QA-602 Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Plan
- QA-604 Equipment Registration, Maintenance, and Calibration
- QA-605 Temperature Monitoring
- FM-701 Coverage Analysis
Research Compliance
Research Integrity and Export Compliance
Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR)
Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)
- Before disclosing a technology or invention, communicate with our office.
- Follow the licensing process.
- When in doubt, ask!
Contracts and Industry Agreements (CIA)
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Biomed Consent Form with HIPAA Authorization
- Biorepository Informed Consent Form with HIPAA Authorization
- Simplified Consent Form Template
- Child Assent Form Template
- Child Assent Script Template
- SBE Parent-Guardian Permission Form
- Social Behavioral & Education Consent Form
- Social Behavioral & Education Consent Form with Certificate of Confidentiality
Post Approval Monitoring (PAM)
- Post Approval Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure
- IACUC General PAM visit description
- IACUC PI Self-Assessment
- IBC/HBA General PAM visit description
- IBC/HBA PI Self-Assessment
- IRB General PAM visit description
- IRB PI Self-Assessment for Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research
- IRB PI Self-Assessment for Clinical Research
- CAPA SOP