METRC Policy & Procedure Manual
The METRC Policy & Procedure Manual (PPM) is a compendium of policy, procedure, and guidance documents that are broadly relevant to METRC as an organization. PPM content is being produced, published, and updated on a frequent and ongoing basis. Please refer to the Document History and Legacy SOPs information within the SOPs for a description of version-to-version updates, where applicable. The year of creation or last update is noted in the parentheses for every document.
- SOP: Content Development, Versioning, Dissemination, and Training (2024)
- Policy: METRC Site Admission (2019)
- Policy: Intellectual & Material Property (2019)
- Guidance: Study Specific SOP Development (2025)
- SOP: Regulatory Review (2021)
- SOP: Site Management (2021)
- SOP: Human Subjects Recruitment & Safety (2021)
- SOP: Standards & Procedures for Maintaining Electronic Regulatory Binders (2019)
- SOP: Clinical Site Certification (2024)
- SOP: Data Management, REDCap, and Servers (2021)
- SOP: REDCap System Backup and Recovery (in development)
- SOP: REDCap User Access and Role Assignment (in development)
- SOP: REDCap Validation Testing (in development)
- SOP: REDCap Audit Trail Management (in development)
- SOP: Clinical Site Monitoring (2025)
- SOP: Reportable Events (in development)
- SOP: Obtaining & Distributing DSMB Determination Letters (2019)
- SOP: Site Close Out (2024)
- SOP: Study Close Out (2024)
- Policy: Data Lock (in development)
- SOP: Maintaining Compliance with ClinicalTrials.gov (in development)
- Policy: Record Retention (in development)
- MCC Guidance: Informatics Core Requests (2024)
- MCC SOP: Payment of Quarterly Enrollment Invoices (2024)
- MCC SOP: Quarterly Cost-Reimbursable Invoices (in development)
- MCC Policy: Executive Cmte Approved Funding Minimums (2023)
- MCC Policy: Work Norms, Hours, & PTO Reporting (2024)
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