[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR46.302]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

           SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 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.