[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71443-71444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29517]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Renewal of Charter for the Secretary's Advisory Committee on
Human Research Protections
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App), the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services is hereby announcing renewal of the charter for the
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Menikoff, M.D., J.D., Director,
Office for Human Research Protections or Julia Gorey, J.D., Executive
Director, SACHRP; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1101
Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852; Telephone: (240) 453-
6900; Fax: (240) 453-6909; e-mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SACHRP was established in October 2002. The
Committee was established to enhance and expand the focus of the former
National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee (NHRPAC), which
was terminated in August 2002. SACHRP provides expert advice and
recommendations to the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for
Health, on the conduct of research involving human subjects with
particular emphasis on special populations, such as neonates and
children, prisoners, and the decisionally impaired; pregnant women,
embryos, and fetuses; individuals and populations in international
studies; populations in which there are individually identifiable
samples, data, or information; and investigator conflicts of interest.
Since SACHRP was established, renewal of the Committee charter has
been carried out at the appropriate intervals as stipulated by FACA.
The previous Committee charter was scheduled to expire on October 1,
2010. On October 1, 2010, the Secretary of
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Health and Human Services approved for the Committee charter to be
renewed. The new charter was effected and filed with the appropriate
Congressional offices and Library of Congress on October 1, 2010.
Renewal of the SACHRP charter provides authorization for the Committee
to operate until October 1, 2012.
A copy of the Committee charter is available on the SACHRP Web site
at http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp/charter.htm. A copy of the Committee
charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is
maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the General
Services Administration. The Web site address for the FACA database is
http://fido.gov/facadatabase.
Dated: November 16, 2010.
Jerry Menikoff,
Director, Office for Human Research Protections, and Executive
Secretary, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research
Protections.
[FR Doc. 2010-29517 Filed 11-22-10; 8:45 am]
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