[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: 45CFR46.303]



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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. 46.303  Definitions.



    As used in this subpart:

    (a) Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 

any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human 

Services to whom authority has been delegated.

    (b) DHHS means the Department of Health and Human Services.

    (c) Prisoner means any individual involuntarily confined or detained 

in a penal institution. The term is intended to encompass individuals 

sentenced to such an institution under a criminal or civil statute, 

individuals detained in other facilities by virtue of statutes or 

commitment procedures which provide alternatives to criminal prosecution 

or incarceration in a penal institution, and individuals detained 

pending arraignment, trial, or sentencing.

    (d) Minimal risk is the probability and magnitude of physical or 

psychological harm that is normally encountered in the daily lives, or 

in the routine medical, dental, or psychological examination of healthy 

persons.



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