Opportunity to Comment on Human Subjects Regulations

Opportunity to Comment on Human Subjects Regulations

Federal Agencies Propose Revisions to Human Subjects  Regulations The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and fifteen other  Federal Departments and Agencies have announced proposed revisions  to the regulations for protection of human subjects in research. A Notice  of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeks comment on proposals to better  protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable  research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators. The deadline for comments is January 6, 2016. Comments may be  submitted electronically, by mail, and by hand. To access the proposed revisions and learn how to comment, go  to: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/regulations/nprmhome.html. To access the AHRQ Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for  Minimal Risk Research, go  to:http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/informedconsent/index.html To learn about AHRQ’s expectations regarding health literacy and informed  consent for grantees,  go to AHRQ’s Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Guidance and scroll  down to the Health Literacy section.