Please complete the following authorization for us to proceed with an investigation of your complaint.
I declare the facts that I have stated herein to be true and the supporting documentation I am submitting to be authentic to the best of my knowledge. I hereby authorize the ICF staff and the ICF Independent Review Board (IRB) to review my complaint and communicate this information to the Coach or Organization identified in this complaint. I further understand that:
(1) the ICF, its officers, directors and staff, including the IRB members, cannot guarantee any outcome, and are therefore held harmless of any claim arising out of this complaint or the ECR Process;
(2) the ICF, IRB is not a court of law and cannot impose monetary awards or provide injunctive or other relief, but can provide certain remedies (such as, by way of example, requiring the coach named in the complaint to take certain trainings) and certain sanctions (such as, by way of example, suspending or terminating an organization’s approval/accreditation with the ICF); and
(3) the ICF, the IRB and anyone associated with the ECR Process cannot act as my attorney or advisor.
I further acknowledge that a copy of this complaint and all other documents I submit will be sent to the Coach or Organization I have named. The Coach or Organization will be given an opportunity to respond to the ICF. In the event the Coach or Organization involved in my complaint is not a member of the ICF, an ICF credentialed coach or an accredited/approved organization, the ICF cannot investigate the Coach or Organization. The ICF cannot compel any action or response from the Coach or Organization and I will be so advised.
I further acknowledge that this is a peer review process. I will be advised of the outcome and any remedies or sanctions, if so imposed on the coach or organization who is the subject of this complaint. I will not be provided with or have access to investigators' reports or any other documents generated by the IRB in their review of this complaint. Information about ICF Independent Review Board determinations may be disseminated for educational purposes after identities and other confidential information have been deleted and protected.