When requesting a DS-2019 for any scholar whose work may entail contact with human participants and/or animal subjects, please ensure the following obligations are met:
(1) Is the exchange visitor a college and university student, (including student interns and students on academic training), professor, research scholar, short term scholar, or specialist; and does the activity occur at an accredited postsecondary educational institution, research facility or other academic institution, or a medical facility/hospital affiliated with the sponsor, or a national lab overseen by the U.S. Department of Energy?
(2) Has the sponsor verified the host institution, facility or lab has the appropriate protocols in place to handle human participants and animal subjects?
(3) Is physical contact between qualified academic exchange visitors and human subjects and/or animals permitted by federal, state, local, and institution-specific statutes, regulations, and/or rules?
(4) Is the physical contact between exchange visitors and human subjects and/or animals a required component of the course of study or academic objective?
(5) Are similarly situated U.S. students or scholars also required to participate in such physical contact between human subjects and/or animals?
(6) Is direct supervision of the exchange visitor during the physical contact between exchange visitors and human subjects and/or animals required or reasonable under the circumstances to mitigate risks associated with such activity?
(7) Can the sponsor monitor the exchange visitor to ensure there is an educational and training objective to the activity and the academic appropriateness of their duties? and;
(8) Does the placement meet all other academic category-specific eligibility requirements?
