[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR52h.3]

[Page 223-224]
 
                         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.3  Establishment and operation of peer review groups.

    (a) To the extent applicable, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. I), Department of Health and

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Human Services (45 CFR part 11), implementing regulations and chapter 9 
of the Department of Health and Human Services General Administration 
Manual \1\ will govern the establishment and operation of peer review 
groups, including that meetings shall be open to the public except as 
determined by the Secretary.
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    \1\ The Department of Health and Human Services General 
Administration Manual is available for public inspection and copying at 
the Department's and Regional Offices' information centers listed in 45 
CFR 5.31 and may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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    (b) Subject to Sec. 52h.5 and paragraph (a) of this section, the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Administrator of the 
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration will 
adopt procedures for the conduct of reviews and the formulation of 
recommendations under Secs. 52h.7, 52h.9 and 52h.10 within their 
respective agencies.

(Sec. 215, 58 Stat. 690, as amended (42 U.S.C. 216); sec. 475, 88 Stat. 
360, 89 Stat. 351, 92 Stat. 3436 (42 U.S.C. 289l-4))

[43 FR 7862, Feb. 24, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 35328, May 27, 1980; 49 
FR 38111, Sept. 27, 1984]