According to SOP of TMU-JIRB, demerit points will be accumulated for the following situations. In any case, if the points reach three demerit points, the principle investigator will be suspended.

1. Please pay attention to the IRB approval period of the study, and submit the continuing report or final／suspension／termination report on time. If a project exceeds the approval period, it will be counted once.
2. The deadline for supplementary documents and reply is 15 calendar days. If the time limit is exceeded, the report will be frozen and counted once.
3. If there is a non-compliance （NC）／unanticipated problem （UAP） report, please reply within 10 working days after receiving the committee meeting resolution. If the time is exceeded, it will be counted once.

If it annual accumulates 3 demerit points, the PI will be suspended from applying for new application for 3 months （i.e. suspension）, and will not be able to participate in any other study in any role （i.e. cannot join other research teams）. After the suspesion of three months, if PI don't handle those overdue studies
the suspension period will be extended for another three months, and so on until the situation is eliminated.
When suspension, the PI will be notified by email. The reason of suspension and the relevant projects will be listed. If any question, please contact us: tmujirb@gmail.com