[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: 42CFR93.300]

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                         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 C_Responsibilities of Institutions
 
Sec. 93.300  General responsibilities for compliance.

                        Compliance and Assurances


    Institutions under this part must--
    (a) Have written policies and procedures for addressing allegations 
of research misconduct that meet the requirements of this part;
    (b) Respond to each allegation of research misconduct for which the 
institution is responsible under this part in a thorough, competent, 
objective and fair manner, including precautions to ensure that 
individuals responsible for carrying out any part of the research 
misconduct proceeding do not have unresolved personal, professional or 
financial conflicts of interest with the complainant, respondent or 
witnesses;
    (c) Foster a research environment that promotes the responsible 
conduct of research, research training, and activities related to that 
research or research training, discourages research misconduct, and 
deals promptly with allegations or evidence of possible research 
misconduct;
    (d) Take all reasonable and practical steps to protect the positions 
and reputations of good faith complainants, witnesses and committee 
members and protect them from retaliation by respondents and other 
institutional members;
    (e) Provide confidentiality to the extent required by Sec. 93.108 
to all respondents, complainants, and research subjects identifiable 
from research records or evidence;
    (f) Take all reasonable and practical steps to ensure the 
cooperation of respondents and other institutional members with research 
misconduct proceedings, including, but not limited to, their providing 
information, research records, and evidence;
    (g) Cooperate with HHS during any research misconduct proceeding or 
compliance review;
    (h) Assist in administering and enforcing any HHS administrative 
actions imposed on its institutional members; and
    (i) Have an active assurance of compliance.