The Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects or the “Common Rule” outlines specific regulations for human subjects research. The Common Rule is heavily based on the "The Belmont Report," ...

46.102(e)-Definition of Human Subjects includes identifiable biospecimens. 46.102(I)-Examples of what are not considered human subjects research. 46.102(m)-Defines written (or, in writing) as paper or ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal departments and agencies on Monday announced a six-month delay to the federal policy on the protection of human subjects, which is ...

The Common Rule — the set of federal regulations for ethical conduct of human-subjects research — has finally been updated. A long process of deliberation and discussion has resulted in a final rule ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...