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HHS/OPHS | RIN: 0940-AA01 | Publication ID: Fall 2008 |
Title: Public Health Service Standards for the Protection of Research Misconduct Whistleblowers | |
Abstract: To implement section 493(e) of the Public Health Service Act (added by sec. 163 of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-43), the Department is proposing to add a new part 94 to title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Under this proposed regulation, covered institutions must follow certain requirements for preventing and responding to occurrences of retaliation against whistleblowers. The purpose of this part is to protect: 1) Persons who make a good faith allegation that a covered institution or member thereof engaged in, or failed to respond adequately to an allegation of research misconduct; and 2) persons who cooperate in good faith with an investigation of research misconduct. | |
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 94 | |
Legal Authority: 42 USC 216 42 USC 241 42 USC 289b |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Related RINs: Related to 0940-AA04 | |
Agency Contact: Chris Pascal Director, Office of Research Integrity Department of Health and Human Services Office of Public Health and Science Suite 750, 1101 Wootten Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852 Phone:240 453-8200 Fax:301 443-5351 |