28 CFR §202.223
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- (a)The term human biospecimens means a quantity of tissue, blood, urine, or other human-derived material, including such material classified under any of the following 10-digit Harmonized System-based Schedule B numbers:
- (1)0501.00.0000 Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
- (2)3001.20.0000 Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions
- (3)3001.90.0115 Glands and other organs, dried, whether or not powdered
- (4)3002.12.0010 Human blood plasma
- (5)3002.12.0020 Normal human blood sera, whether or not freeze-dried
- (6)3002.12.0030 Human immune blood sera
- (7)3002.12.0090 Antisera and other blood fractions, Other
- (8)3002.51.0000 Cell therapy products
- (9)3002.59.0000 Cell cultures, whether or not modified, Other
- (10)3002.90.5210 Whole human blood
- (11)3002.90.5250 Blood, human/animal, other
- (12)9705.21.0000 Human specimens and parts thereof
- (b)Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, the term human biospecimens does not include human biospecimens, including human blood, cell, and plasma-derived therapeutics, intended by a recipient solely for use in diagnosing, treating, or preventing any disease or medical condition.