Part 93 - Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct


§ 93.25 - Organization of this part.
§ 93.50 - Special terms.
Subpart A - General
§ 93.100 - General policy.
§ 93.101 - Purpose.
§ 93.102 - Applicability.
§ 93.103 - Research misconduct.
§ 93.104 - Requirements for findings of research misconduct.
§ 93.105 - Time limitations.
§ 93.106 - Evidentiary standards.
§ 93.107 - Rule of interpretation.
§ 93.108 - Confidentiality.
§ 93.109 - Coordination with other agencies.
Subpart B - Definitions
§ 93.200 - Administrative action.
§ 93.201 - Allegation.
§ 93.202 - Charge letter.
§ 93.203 - Complainant.
§ 93.204 - Contract.
§ 93.205 - Debarment or suspension.
§ 93.206 - Debarring official.
§ 93.207 - Departmental Appeals Board or DAB.
§ 93.208 - Evidence.
§ 93.209 - Funding component.
§ 93.210 - Good faith.
§ 93.211 - Hearing.
§ 93.212 - Inquiry.
§ 93.213 - Institution.
§ 93.214 - Institutional member.
§ 93.215 - Investigation.
§ 93.216 - Notice.
§ 93.217 - Office of Research Integrity or ORI.
§ 93.218 - Person.
§ 93.219 - Preponderance of the evidence.
§ 93.220 - Public Health Service or PHS.
§ 93.221 - PHS support.
§ 93.222 - Research.
§ 93.223 - Research misconduct proceeding.
§ 93.224 - Research record.
§ 93.225 - Respondent.
§ 93.226 - Retaliation.
§ 93.227 - Secretary or HHS.
Subpart C - Responsibilities of Institutions
Other Institutional Responsibilities
§ 93.317 - Retention and custody of the research misconduct proceeding record.
§ 93.318 - Notifying ORI of special circumstances.
§ 93.319 - Institutional standards.
Compliance and Assurances
§ 93.300 - General responsibilities for compliance.
§ 93.301 - Institutional assurances.
§ 93.302 - Institutional compliance with assurances.
§ 93.303 - Assurances for small institutions.
§ 93.304 - Institutional policies and procedures.
§ 93.305 - Responsibility for maintenance and custody of research records and evidence.
§ 93.306 - Using a consortium or other person for research misconduct proceedings.
The Institutional Inquiry
§ 93.307 - Institutional inquiry.
§ 93.308 - Notice of the results of the inquiry.
§ 93.309 - Reporting to ORI on the decision to initiate an investigation.
The Institutional Investigation
§ 93.310 - Institutional investigation.
§ 93.311 - Investigation time limits.
§ 93.312 - Opportunity to comment on the investigation report.
§ 93.313 - Institutional investigation report.
§ 93.314 - Institutional appeals.
§ 93.315 - Notice to ORI of institutional findings and actions.
§ 93.316 - Completing the research misconduct process.
Subpart D - Responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
General Information
§ 93.400 - General statement of ORI authority.
§ 93.401 - Interaction with other offices and interim actions.
Disclosure of Information
§ 93.414 - Notice.
Research Misconduct Issues
§ 93.402 - ORI allegation assessments.
§ 93.403 - ORI review of research misconduct proceedings.
§ 93.404 - Findings of research misconduct and proposed administrative actions.
§ 93.405 - Notifying the respondent of findings of research misconduct and HHS administrative actions.
§ 93.406 - Final HHS actions.
§ 93.407 - HHS administrative actions.
§ 93.408 - Mitigating and aggravating factors in HHS administrative actions.
§ 93.409 - Settlement of research misconduct proceedings.
§ 93.410 - Final HHS action with no settlement or finding of research misconduct.
§ 93.411 - Final HHS action with settlement or finding of research misconduct.
Institutional Compliance Issues
§ 93.412 - Making decisions on institutional noncompliance.
§ 93.413 - HHS compliance actions.
Subpart E - Opportunity To Contest ORI Findings of Research Misconduct and HHS Administrative Actions
Hearing Process
§ 93.502 - Appointment of the Administrative Law Judge and scientific expert.
§ 93.503 - Grounds for granting a hearing request.
§ 93.504 - Grounds for dismissal of a hearing request.
§ 93.505 - Rights of the parties.
§ 93.506 - Authority of the Administrative Law Judge.
§ 93.507 - Ex parte communications.
§ 93.508 - Filing, forms, and service.
§ 93.509 - Computation of time.
§ 93.510 - Filing motions.
§ 93.511 - Prehearing conferences.
§ 93.512 - Discovery.
§ 93.513 - Submission of witness lists, witness statements, and exhibits.
§ 93.514 - Amendment to the charge letter.
§ 93.515 - Actions for violating an order or for disruptive conduct.
§ 93.516 - Standard and burden of proof.
§ 93.517 - The hearing.
§ 93.518 - Witnesses.
§ 93.519 - Admissibility of evidence.
§ 93.520 - The record.
§ 93.521 - Correction of the transcript.
§ 93.522 - Filing post-hearing briefs.
§ 93.523 - The Administrative Law Judge's ruling.
General Information
§ 93.500 - General policy.
§ 93.501 - Opportunity to contest findings of research misconduct and administrative actions.