[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR745.120]

[Page 362-363]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 745--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 745.120  Evaluation and disposition of applications and proposals for research to be conducted or supported by a Federal department or agency.

    The department or agency head will evaluate all applications and 
proposals involving human subjects submitted to the department or agency 
through such officers and employees of the department or agency and such 
experts and consultants as the department or agency head determines to 
be appropriate. This evaluation will take into consideration the risks 
to the subjects, the adequacy of protection against these risks, the 
potential benefits of the research to the subjects and others, and the 
importance of the knowledge gained or to be gained.
    (b) On the basis of this evaluation, the department or agency head 
may approve or disapprove the application

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or proposal, or enter into negotiations to develop an approvable one.