[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR46.302]

[Page 124]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 46--PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart C--Additional Protections Pertaining to Biomedical and 
           Behavioral Research Involving Prisoners as Subjects
 
Sec. 46.302  Purpose.

    Inasmuch as prisoners may be under constraints because of their 
incarceration which could affect their ability to make a truly voluntary 
and uncoerced decision whether or not to participate as subjects in 
research, it is the purpose of this subpart to provide additional 
safeguards for the protection of prisoners involved in activities to 
which this subpart is applicable.