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Policies & Regulations

The University's policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest rests on a foundation of laws, statutes, and regulations. The page allows you to access the policy, as well as some related documents. We also provide links to a variety of other relevant material prepared by federal and other agencies.

• Proposed COCI policy changes
• Draft of proposed COCI policy  

University Policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest

• Preamble
• Overview
• Policy
• Procedures
• Appendix

Complete Policy and Clarification - Printer-Friendly PDF

University of Illinois Documents

• University Code of Conduct

• State Officials and Employees Ethics Act

• Business and Financial Policies and Procedures, Section 7.2 - Purchase of Goods and Services

• 313 Employment of Relatives (Nepotism)

• Excerpts from State Law & University Procedures

• Conflict of interest policy for Civil Service staff. See Rule 16.01

• Office for the Protection of Research Subjects Policy on Investigator Conflict of Interest Disclosure for Human Subjects Research (May 2011)

• UIC College of Medicine Guidelines for Management of Potential Conflicts of Interest with Health Care Industry

• Graduate College Policy on Conflicts of Interest in the Admissions Process

• OBFS policy: Gifts from Employees in Support of Their Own Programs

Federal Regulations

• Department of Health and Human Services 42 CFR Part 50 and 45 CRF Part 94: Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which Public Health Services Funding is Sought and Responsible Prospective Contractors (August 2011) - 2011 FCOI Regulation
  • NIH FAQ on 2011 FCOI Regulation
    
    
• NIH Office of Extramural Research.  Charting a Renewed Course for Managing Financial Conflicts of Interest. (August 2011)
  
  
• The Physician Payments Sunshine provision, formally called the Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests, was enacted as §6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 11-148), the federal health-care reform legislation (March 2010)

• OHRP/HHS Draft "Financial Relationships and Interests in Research Involving Human Subjects: Guidance for Human Subject Protection"(April 2003)

• "Financial Conflicts of Interest and Research Objectivity: Issues for Investigators and Institutional Review Boards", NIH Guide. (June 5, 2000)

• Frequently asked questions Concerning the Department of Health and Human Services Objectivity in Research Regulations and the National Science Foundation Investigator Financial Disclosure Policy. (July 3,1996)

• "Objectivity in Research", NIH Guide (PHS, July 14,1995)

• FDA "Guidance: Financial Disclosure by Clinical Investigators" (March 20, 2001)

• NSF "Investigator Financial Disclosure Policy", Federal Register (July 11, 1995)

Related Documents

• American Society of Clinical Oncology: Revised Conflict of Interest Policy (April 2003)

• American Society of Clinical Oncology: Background for Update of Conflict of Interest Policy (April 2003)

• AAMC "Policy and Guidelines for the Oversight of Individual Financial Interests in Human Subjects Research" (December, 2001)

• GAO "Biomedical Research: HHS Direction Needed to Address Financial Conflicts of Interest"
  (November 2001)

• AAU Report on Individual and Institutional Conflict of Interest (October 9, 2001)

• AMA-Conflicts of Interest: Biomedical Research (E-8.031)

Last updated: Friday, September 09, 2011.