[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR11.120]

[Page 106-107]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 11_PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  11.120  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

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