[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25460]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Request for Information and Comments on Research That Involves 
Adult Individuals With Impaired Decision-Making Capacity

AGENCY: Office for Human Research Protections, Office of Public Health 
and Science, Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On September 5, 2007, the Office for Human Research 
Protections, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a 
notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 72, No. 171, pages 50966--50970) 
seeking information and comments about whether guidance or additional 
regulations are needed to adequately protect adult individuals with 
impaired decision-making capacity who are potential subjects in 
research. A 90-day comment period was established upon publication of 
that notice.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform all interested parties that 
the comment period originally identified in the September 5, 2007 
Federal Register has been extended for forty one days, in order to 
maximize the opportunity for interested individuals and organizations 
to provide information and comments to HHS on this topic.

DATES: The closing date for the comment period will now be January 14, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to ``Request for Information on 
Research That Involves Adult Individuals With Impaired Decision-Making 
Capacity'', Office for Human Research Protections, The Tower Building, 
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852. Comments also may 
be sent via e-mail to [email protected], or via facsimile at 
301-402-2071. Comments received within the comment period, including 
any personal information provided, will be made available to the public 
upon request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A copy of the September 5, 2007 RFI can be 
accessed at: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/documents/20070905.htm or http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/documents/20070905.pdf.

    Dated: December 26, 2007.
Ivor A. Pritchard,
Acting Director, Office for Human Research Protections.
[FR Doc. E7-25460 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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