Purchasing a Study PO Box

[tlre...@umn.edu]

I have a VA faculty member with an NIH R01 and the VA IRB suggested that they purchase a PO Box to receive study mail so they could avoid having to make trips to the VA.  Has anyone seen this situation and was it allowable?

[Mary Kosowski]

Why not have the study mail addressed to the faculty member's office?

[Jillian Rung]

I believe this charge to be allowable as it seems to be a routine purchase.  I believe that the mechanism of a locked box also meets record retention standards for human subject data.