[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR46.303]

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                        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. 46.303  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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