[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 399]
[Revised as of October 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR59.6]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 59--GRANTS FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A--Project Grants for Family Planning Services
 
Sec. 59.6  What procedures apply to assure the suitability of informational and educational material?

    (a) A grant under this section may be made only upon assurance 
satisfactory to the Secretary that the project shall provide for the 
review and approval of informational and educational materials developed 
or made available under the project by an Advisory Committee prior to 
their distribution, to assure that the materials are suitable for the 
population or community to which they are to be made available and the 
purposes of title X of the Act. The project shall not disseminate any 
such materials which are not approved by the Advisory Committee.
    (b) The Advisory Committee referred to in paragraph (a) of this 
section shall be established as follows:
    (1) Size. The Committee shall consist of no fewer than five but not 
more than nine members, except that this provision may be waived by the 
Secretary for good cause shown.
    (2) Composition. The Committee shall include individuals broadly 
representative (in terms of demographic factors such as race, color, 
national origin, handicapped condition, sex, and age) of the population 
or community for which the materials are intended.
    (3) Function. In reviewing materials, the Advisory Committee shall:
    (i) Consider the educational and cultural backgrounds of individuals 
to whom the materials are addressed;
    (ii) Consider the standards of the population or community to be 
served with respect to such materials;
    (iii) Review the content of the material to assure that the 
information is factually correct;
    (iv) Determine whether the material is suitable for the population 
or community to which is to be made available; and

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    (v) Establish a written record of its determinations.