Maine Regulatory Training and Ethics Center

WORKING TOGETHER

THE MAINE REGULATORY TRAINING AND ETHICS CENTER (MeRTEC) is an educational partnership between the University of Southern Maine, Maine businesses, and community partners.

Regulatory compliance affects wide ranging fields, including health and social services, education, business, energy, the environment, and more.

We are committed to strengthening regulatory compliance and ethics training and developing an educated workforce.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IS COMPLICATED

Regulatory compliance can change how you do business. Non-compliance presents risk that can lead to fines, or worse, litigation.

But what satisfies compliance?
How do you manage compliance in your organization?
Where can you find the requirements that affect your business?

MeRTEC offers courses and certification for professionals in regulatory compliance.

CERTIFICATION / COURSES

Building Resilience in Ethical Decision-Making
Certificate of Regulatory Compliance
Regulatory Ethics Minor
Online Training Portal

Go to Certificate/courses

SAVE THE DATE: THREE I's Conference April 24-26, 2023

THE THREE I’s IACUC, IBC & IRB: Research Integrity and BioSecurity Conference
When: April 24 - 26, 2023
Where: The Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill in North Carolina.

More on THREE I’S: BIOSECURITY AND RESEARCH INTEGRITY™ CONFERENCE

IN THE NEWS!!!
WATCH: “Maine’s Exporting Future Heats Up With Cold-Storage”-panel discussion at Hannaford Hall, USM

USM Office of Research Integrity and Outreach earns earns seal of approval

What is a learning IRB? Tim Badmington from Amp&rsand, The PRIM&R Blog, interviewed Stephen Rosenfeld, MD to learn more about this initiative.

EXTERNAL IRB REVIEWS

USM’s Office of Research Integrity and Outreach (ORIO) is offering reviews of non-USM research projects.

For many institutions, it is not practical to maintain a standing review committee, yet external funding requires formal IRB approval. If you are an institution or investigator in need of a review by a federally registered IRB with a federal-wide assurance, USM's Office of Research Integrity and Outreach can help.