IRB GUIDELINE VI
Research Involving The Consumption Of Alcohol By Human Research Participants

1. Participants must be screened by a nurse or physician for physical and mental health problems that may place them at additional risk from the alcohol consumption. Participants may be excluded if they have any additional risk factors, including osteoporosis or if they have never consumed alcohol before.
2. Participants should not be permitted to drive to and from the study site. Participants must be ensured supervised transportation home from the research site.
3. Prior to participating in the study, a participant shall review and sign an Informed Consent Form, as well as a release statement. Should a participant insist upon leaving the study site while intoxicated, the police will be alerted. Participants will be informed of this policy in the Informed Consent Form and the release statement.
4. Researchers should have ample staff support available during the experiment to handle any participant who may become unruly while intoxicated. An emergency plan should be outlined for handling any participant suffering an unexpected negative reaction from the alcohol consumption.
5. Participants must be monitored via a breath alcohol analyzer or other device to ensure that blood alcohol levels have returned to "base line" levels prior to releasing the individual from the department. "Base-line" levels must be clearly defined for the participant, the researcher, and the Institutional Review Board.

Approved: August 21, 2003