[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR52h.6]

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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.6  Availability of information.

    (a) Transcripts, minutes, and other documents made available to or 
prepared for or by a peer review group will be available for public 
inspection and copying to the extent provided by the Freedom of 
Information Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552), the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), the Privacy Act of 
1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), and implementing DHHS regulations (45 
CFR parts 5, 5b).
    (b) Meetings of peer review groups reviewing grant applications or 
contract proposals are closed to the public in accordance with sections 
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6)) and section 10(d) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2). 
Documents made available to, or prepared for or by peer review groups 
that contain trade secrets or commercial or financial information 
obtained from a person that is privileged or confidential, and personal 
information concerning individuals associated with applications or 
proposals, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, are exempt from disclosure in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
552(b)(4) and 552(b)(6)).
    (c) Meetings of peer review groups reviewing contract project 
concepts are open to the public in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2) and the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552b).