This study is in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration, and was exempted from the evaluation of Seoul National Hospital Institutional Review Board in 2014.
The phase 1 of this study was exempted from ethical evaluation as no human subject was involved.
We assert that STMMs are not exempted from this evaluation due to their altruistic and transient nature.
The project is exempted from ethical evaluation by Regional Committees for Medical and Health research ethics as it does not involve health-related research on human participants.
Because the study carried minimal risk, it was approved in minimal risk review and exempted from full formal evaluation.
Because the study was associated with minimal risks and complied with the data protection rules, it was approved by the ethics commission of the University of Freiburg in a minimal risk review and exempted from a full formal evaluation.
As a result, in 2011 the Obama administration invited states to apply for waivers: States that agreed to the administration's recommended reforms, such as teacher evaluations, have been exempted from the law's more onerous strictures.
Hospitals and other higher level health facilities were exempted from the study because they are relatively complex for impact evaluation.
Why should politicians be exempted from them?
Sick individuals and children are exempted from fasting Ramadan.
