[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR2a.3]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 2a_PROTECTION OF IDENTITY_RESEARCH SUBJECTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2a.3  Application; coordination.



    (a) Any person engaged in (or who intends to engage in) the research 

to which this part applies, who desires authorization to withhold the 

names and other identifying characteristics of individuals who are the 

subject of such research from any person or authority not connected with 

the conduct of such research may apply to the Office of the Director, 

National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Office of the Director, National 

Institute of Mental Health, or the Office of the Director, National 

Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

Maryland 20857 for an authorization of confidentiality.

    (b) If there is uncertainty with regard to which Institute is 

appropriate or if the research project falls within the purview of more 

than one Institute, an application need be submitted only to one 

Institute. Persons who are uncertain with regard to the applicability of 

these regulations to a particular type of research may apply for an 

authorization of confidentiality under the regulations of this part to 

one of the Institutes. Requests which are within the scope of the 

authorities described



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in Sec. 2a.1(b) will be forwarded to the appropriate agency for 

consideration and the person will be advised accordingly.

    (c) An application may accompany, precede, or follow the sumission 

of a request for DHHS grant or contract assistance, though it is not 

necessary to request DHHS grant or contract assistance in order to apply 

for a Confidentiality Certificate. If a person has previously submitted 

any information required in this part in connection with a DHHS grant or 

contract, he or she may substitute a copy of information thus submitted, 

if the information is current and accurate. If a person requests a 

Confidentiality Certificate at the same time he or she submits an 

application for DHHS grant or contract assistance, the application for a 

Confidentiality Certificate may refer to the pertinent section(s) of the 

DHHS grant or contract application which provide(s) the information 

required to be submitted under this part. (See Sec. Sec. 2a.4 and 

2a.5.)

    (d) A separate application is required for each research project for 

which an authorization of confidentiality is requested.