IRB Determination

May 17, 2024
Kristin Yeoman, MD, MPH
[email protected]
RE:

Approval of Exempt Research Protocol 7498, “Evaluation of heat stress training module”

Dear Dr. Kristin Yeoman:
On May 17, 2024, the CDC Human Research Protections Office (HRPO) reviewed your submission
of research study, “Evaluation of heat stress training module,” and has determined that it meets the
criteria for exemption under 45 C.F.R. 46.104(d)(2)(ii). Therefore, HRPO approved your research
study for exemption, and assigned it CDC Protocol Number 7498.
Please note that a Certificate of Confidentiality (COC) applies to this study, and the recommended
COC language has been added to the study’s protocol and the informed consent form.
If the research is not complete within one year, you must submit Form 1259, Study Progress Report
Form, by May 16, 2025, to maintain exempt status for the research. Any changes to this protocol
may not be implemented until they are reviewed by HRPO and determined to be consistent with the
exemption categories.
Please note that investigators remain responsible for the ethical conduct of this research and for
ensuring appropriate human research protections even for research that is exempt from the
regulations governing the protection of human subjects in research.
If you have any questions, please contact your Associate Director for Science, your National Center
Human Subjects Contact, or me via email at [email protected], or telephone at 404-639-8379.
Sincerely,

Robert Chirila, Lead
Human Research Protections Office
cc: Todd Ruff
[email protected]
NIOSH HSRB Office
[email protected]