[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: 42CFR93.102]

[Page 589-590]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 93_PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE POLICIES ON RESEARCH MISCONDUCT--
Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 93.102  Applicability.

    (a) Each institution that applies for or receives PHS support for 
biomedical or behavioral research, research training or activities 
related to that research or research training must comply with this 
part.
    (b)(1) This part applies to allegations of research misconduct and 
research misconduct involving:
    (i) Applications or proposals for PHS support for biomedical or 
behavioral extramural or intramural research, research training or 
activities related to that research or research training, such as the 
operation of tissue and data banks and the dissemination of research 
information;
    (ii) PHS supported biomedical or behavioral extramural or intramural 
research;
    (iii) PHS supported biomedical or behavioral extramural or 
intramural research training programs;
    (iv) PHS supported extramural or intramural activities that are 
related to biomedical or behavioral research or research training, such 
as the operation of tissue and data banks or the dissemination of 
research information; and
    (v) Plagiarism of research records produced in the course of PHS 
supported research, research training or activities related to that 
research or research training.
    (2) This includes any research proposed, performed, reviewed, or 
reported, or any research record generated from that research, 
regardless of whether an application or proposal for

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PHS funds resulted in a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other 
form of PHS support.
    (c) This part does not supersede or establish an alternative to any 
existing regulations or procedures for handling fiscal improprieties, 
the ethical treatment of human or animal subjects, criminal matters, 
personnel actions against Federal employees, or actions taken under the 
HHS debarment and suspension regulations at 45 CFR part 76 and 48 CFR 
subparts 9.4 and 309.4.
    (d) This part does not prohibit or otherwise limit how institutions 
handle allegations of misconduct that do not fall within this part's 
definition of research misconduct or that do not involve PHS support.