[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR52h.4]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 52h--SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW OF RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 52h.4  Composition of peer review groups.

    (a) To the extent applicable, the selection and appointment of 
members of peer review groups and their terms of service will be 
governed by Chapter 9 of the Department of Health and Human Services 
General Administration Manual. \1\
    (b) Subject to paragraph (a) of this section, members will be 
selected based upon their training and experience in

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relevant scientific or technical fields, taking into account, among 
other factors:
    (1) The level of formal scientific or technical education completed 
or experience acquired by the individual;
    (2) The extent to which the individual has engaged in relevant 
research, the capacities (e.g., principal investigator, assistant) in 
which the individual has done so, and the quality of such research;
    (3) Recognition as reflected by awards and other honors received 
from scientific and professional organizations outside the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and
    (4) The need for the group to have included within its membership 
experts from various areas of specialization within relevant scientific 
or technical fields.
    (c) Not more than one-fourth of the members of any peer review group 
to which these regulations are applicable may be officers or employees 
of the United States. For purposes of the preceding sentence, membership 
on such groups does not make an individual an officer or employee of the 
United States.