The approve action allows the IACUC Administrator to record a protocol approval following a full committee review or a designated member review.
This action may be considered the final action in the lifecycle for an IACUC protocol.
For IACUC protocols needing a full committee review, this action only appears after the Record Committee Action has been performed on the protocol with a motion type of Approve. |
Table 464 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Available Actions – Approve Action - Action Attributes
Action attributes |
Description |
Who can perform action |
IACUC Administrators are allowed to perform this action |
Protocol state prior to action |
Prior to the action being performed, the protocol must be in the following state: The protocol status must be Submitted to IACUC. The submission status must be In agenda. |
Protocol state after action |
After the action is performed the protocol state changes as follows
The protocol status changes to Active. The submission status changes to Approved. |
Figure 888 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Available Actions – Approve Action Layout
Table 465 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Available Actions – Approve Action Field Descriptions
Field |
Description |
Approval Date |
Specify the date you want the approval action to become effective. By default, the field displays the current date. To change it, click the calendar icon to select, or type in mm/dd/yyyy format to populate the box with the desired date. |
Expiration Date |
Specify the date in which the approval will expire. By default, the field displays the current date. To change it, click the calendar icon to select, or type in mm/dd/yyyy format to populate the box with the desired date. |
Comments |
To enter textual information to describe this action, click within the text box (or press the tab key from a previous field) to relocate the cursor to the field, and then type (or paste from virtual clipboard) to enter text in the box as necessary to provide the appropriate information. Click the add note icon to view/edit/paste text in a new browser window, then click the continue button to return to the text entry field in the document. After saving, click the green arrow symbol to view full text in a separate browser window. |
Action Date |
Specify the date you want this action to become effective. By default, the field displays the current date. To change it, click the calendar icon to select, or type in mm/dd/yyyy format to populate the box with the desired date. |
Review Comments |
For more information, see “Review Comments”. |