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            <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Part 50 Protection of Human Subjects and Part 56 Institutional Review Boards</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This direct final rule will amend several sections of FDA&rsquo;s regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects and Institutional Review Boards to harmonize with the recently revised final HHS Common Rule (42 CFR 46, subpart A).&nbsp; This rule adds definitions, conforms wording, and makes minor editorial changes to FDA regulations to harmonize with the Common Rule. The rule also makes minor technical amendments unrelated to the harmonization efforts.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Other</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>21 CFR 50</CFR>
            <CFR>21 CFR 56</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 321</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 343</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 346</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 346a</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 348</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 350a to 350b</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 351 to 353</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 355</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 360</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 360c to 360f</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 360h to 360j</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 360hh to 360ss</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 371</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 379e</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 U.S.C. 381</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 216</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 262</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>12/13/2019</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Direct Final Rule, Part 50 and Part 56</DLINE_DESC>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Direct Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2018</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Sheila</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Brown</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Health Policy Analyst</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0910</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FDA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>301 796-6563</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>sheila.brown@fda.hhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Office of Clinical Policy, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, WO 32, Room 5103,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Silver Spring</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20993</ZIP>
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