N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:1-10.3 - Requests to conduct research projects and the Departmental Research Review Board (DRRB)

(a) Any person(s) or agency(ies) who wishes to conduct research projects shall complete and submit, to the Department of Corrections, the research request application package, which is available by contacting:

Departmental Research Review Board Office of Compliance and Strategic Planning New Jersey Department of Corrections

PO Box 863

Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0863

DOC_Research@doc.nj.gov

(b) In addition to completion of the research request application as instructed in the application package provided by the Department, a researcher shall also provide any additional information as may be required by the Department concerning a particular research project.

(c) The DRRB shall review the research request application package. This review shall consider whether or not the research will:

1. Adversely affect the maintenance of security and/or the orderly operation of the correctional facility or unit;

2. Create any risks to subjects of the research;

3. Involve the review of inmate records and adequately protect the confidentiality of certain data; and/or

4. Require inmate or staff participation, such as an interview or to respond to questionnaires.

(d) In addition to the considerations set forth in (c) above, the DRRB shall review considerations that may arise pertaining to a specific research project.

(e) The DRRB shall make a recommendation for approval or disapproval to the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. The Commissioner shall make the final approval or disapproval determination.

(f) The DRRB shall be responsible for providing notification of the final determination to the agency or entity requesting the research.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:1-10.3

Administrative Correction.
See: 26 N.J.R. 2581(a).
Amended by R.2003 d.176, effective 5/5/2003.
See: 35 N.J.R. 331(a), 35 N.J.R. 1898(a).
Substituted "Administrator" for "Superintendent, Parole District Supervisor" and deleted references to parolees following references to inmates throughout.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10A:1-10.2 and amended by R.2007 d.226, effective 8/6/2007.
See: 39 N.J.R. 836(a), 39 N.J.R. 3383(a).
Section was "Procedure for submitting a request to conduct nonmedical, nonpharmaceutical and noncosmetic research projects". Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 10A:1-10.3, Express written inmate consent requirement, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10A:1-10.4.
Amended by R.2013 d.006, effective 1/7/2013.
See: 44 N.J.R. 957(a), 45 N.J.R. 34(b).
Section was "Procedure for submitting and handling requests to conduct academic, nonmedical, nonpharmaceutical, and noncosmetic research projects to the Departmental Research Review Board (DRRB)". In (a), deleted "academic, nonmedical, nonpharmaceutical, or noncosmetic" following "conduct". Amended by 55 N.J.R. 952(b), effective 5/1/2023