[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR5.25]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 5--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--General Redelegations of Authority
 
Sec. 5.25  Research, investigation, and testing programs and health information and promotion programs.

    (a) The following officials are authorized under sections 301, 307, 
311, 1701, 1702, 1703, and 1704 of the Public Health Service Act (the 
PHS Act) (42 U.S.C. 241, 242l, 243, 300u, 300u-1, 300u-2, 300u-3) to 
establish research, investigation, and testing programs and health 
information and health promotion programs, which relate to their 
assigned functions, and to approve grants for conducting such programs:
    (1) The Director, the Deputy Director for Washington Operations, and 
the Deputy Center Directors, Offices of Research and Management, 
respectively,

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National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR).
    (2) The Director and Deputy Directors for Science and for 
Regulations and Policy, Centers for Devices and Radiological Health 
(CDRH).
    (3) The Director and Deputy Directors, Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research (CBER).
    (4) The Director and Deputy Director, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).
    (5) The Director and Deputy Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine 
(CVM).
    (6) The Director and Deputy Director, the Directors, Office of 
Review Management and Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research (CDER).
    (7) The Director, Office of Orphan Products Development (OPD), 
Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner (OSAC), Office of the 
Commissioner (OC).
    (b) The Director and Deputy Directors for Science and for 
Regulations and Policy, CDRH, are authorized to establish an electronic 
product radiation control program and to approve grants for conducting 
the program under section 532 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 360ii).
    (c) The Senior Associate Commissioner for Management and Systems, 
Office of Management and Systems (OMS), OC; the Director and Deputy 
Director, Office of Facilities, Acquisitions, and Central Services 
(OFACS), OMS, OC; the Director, Division of Contracts and Procurement 
Management (DCPM), OFACS, OMS, OC; and the Chief Grants Management 
Officer and the Grants Management Officer, DCPM, OFACS, OMS, OC are 
authorized to sign and issue all notices of grant awards and amendments 
thereto and sign and issue notices of suspension and termination thereof 
for grants approved under the authority delegated in paragraphs (a) and 
(b) of this section.
    (d) The Director, NCTR, is authorized under section 301 of the PHS 
Act (42 U.S.C. 241), as amended by Public Law 95-622, to make available 
to educational institutions, for biomedical and behavioral research, 
laboratory animals bred for research purposes of the Center that are not 
required to support Center research programs.
    (e) The Senior Associate Commissioner for Management and Systems may 
further redelegate the authorities in paragraph (c) of this section. 
With the exception for paragraph (c) of this section, these officials 
may not further redelegate these authorities.