[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 91183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30398]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Extension of Effective Date of NIH Policy on the Use of a Single 
Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is extending the effective 
date of the NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review 
Board for Multi-Site Research from May 25, 2017, to September 25, 2017. 
A copy of the NIH Policy was published in the Federal Register on June 
21, 2016 (81 FR 40325). See https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-06-21/pdf/2016-14513.pdf. Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions to 
assist in the implementation of the policy will soon be available at 
http://osp.od.nih.gov/office-clinical-research-and-bioethics-policy/clinical-research-policy/models-irb-review.
    For further information contact the NIH Office of Science Policy, 
Telephone: 301-496-9838, Email: [email protected].

    Dated: December 12, 2016.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-30398 Filed 12-15-16; 8:45 am]
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