---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 46.304"
title: "45"
number: "46.304"
heading: "Composition of Institutional Review Boards where prisoners are involved."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/46.304"
---

# §46.304. Composition of Institutional Review Boards where prisoners are involved.


In addition to satisfying the requirements in [§ 46.107](/cfr/45/46.107.md) of the pre-2018 Requirements or the 2018 Requirements, as applicable, an Institutional Review Board, carrying out responsibilities with respect to this subpart, shall also meet the following specific requirements:

- (a) A majority of the Board (exclusive of prisoner members) shall have no association with the prison(s) involved, apart from their membership on the Board.
- (b) At least one member of the Board shall be a prisoner, or a prisoner representative with appropriate background and experience to serve in that capacity, except that where a particular research project is reviewed by more than one Board only one Board need satisfy this requirement.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 53655, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 8386, Jan. 26, 1981; 89 FR 84826, Oct. 24, 2024]

### Source

Source: 43 FR 53655, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 289(a); 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

### Amendments

[43 FR 53655, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 8386, Jan. 26, 1981; 89 FR 84826, Oct. 24, 2024]