[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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