Part 93 — Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct

• § 93.25— Organization of this part.
• § 93.50— Special terms.
• § 93.75— Application of effective date to research misconduct proceedings.

Subpart A — General

• § 93.100— General policy.
• § 93.101— Purpose.
• § 93.102— Applicability.
• § 93.103— Requirements for findings of research misconduct.
• § 93.104— Time limitations.
• § 93.105— Evidentiary standards.
• § 93.106— Confidentiality.
• § 93.107— Coordination with other agencies.

Subpart B — Definitions

• § 93.200— Accepted practices of the relevant research community.
• § 93.201— Administrative action.
• § 93.202— Administrative record.
• § 93.203— Allegation.
• § 93.204— Assessment.
• § 93.205— Charge letter.
• § 93.206— Complainant.
• § 93.207— Contract.
• § 93.208— Day.
• § 93.209— Departmental Appeals Board or DAB.
• § 93.210— Evidence.
• § 93.211— Fabrication.
• § 93.212— Falsification.
• § 93.213— Funding component.
• § 93.214— Good faith.
• § 93.215— Inquiry.
• § 93.216— Institution.
• § 93.217— Institutional Certifying Official.
• § 93.218— Institutional Deciding Official.
• § 93.219— Institutional member.
• § 93.220— Institutional record.
• § 93.221— Intentionally.
• § 93.222— Investigation.
• § 93.223— Knowingly.
• § 93.224— Notice.
• § 93.225— Office of Research Integrity or ORI.
• § 93.226— Person.
• § 93.227— Plagiarism.
• § 93.228— Preponderance of the evidence.
• § 93.229— Public Health Service or PHS.
• § 93.230— PHS support.
• § 93.231— Recklessly.
• § 93.232— Research.
• § 93.233— Research Integrity Officer or RIO.
• § 93.234— Research misconduct.
• § 93.235— Research misconduct proceeding.
• § 93.236— Research record.
• § 93.237— Respondent.
• § 93.238— Retaliation.
• § 93.239— Secretary or HHS.
• § 93.240— Small institution.
• § 93.241— Suspension and Debarment Official or SDO.

Subpart C — Responsibilities of Institutions

• § 93.300— General responsibilities for compliance.
• § 93.301— Research integrity assurances.
• § 93.302— Maintaining active research integrity assurances.
• § 93.303— Research integrity assurances for small institutions.
• § 93.304— Institutional policies and procedures.
• § 93.305— General conduct of research misconduct proceedings.
• § 93.306— Institutional assessment.
• § 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.
• § 93.310— Institutional investigation.
• § 93.311— Investigation time limits.
• § 93.312— Opportunity to comment on the draft investigation report.
• § 93.313— Investigation report.
• § 93.314— Decision by the Institutional Deciding Official.
• § 93.315— Institutional appeals.
• § 93.316— Transmittal of the institutional record to ORI.
• § 93.317— Completing the research misconduct process.
• § 93.318— Retention and custody of the institutional record and all sequestered evidence.
• § 93.319— Institutional standards of conduct.

Subpart D — Responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• § 93.400— General statement of ORI authority.
• § 93.401— Interaction with other entities and interim actions.
• § 93.402— ORI allegation assessments.
• § 93.403— ORI review of research misconduct proceedings.
• § 93.404— Findings of research misconduct and proposed HHS administrative actions.
• § 93.405— Notifying the respondent of findings of research misconduct and proposed 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 a settlement or finding of research misconduct.
• § 93.412— Making decisions on institutional noncompliance.
• § 93.413— ORI compliance actions.
• § 93.414— Notice.

Subpart E — Opportunity To Contest ORI Findings of Research Misconduct and Proposed HHS Administrative Actions

• § 93.500— General policy.
• § 93.501— Notice of appeal.
• § 93.502— Appointment of the Administrative Law Judge.
• § 93.503— Filing of the administrative record.
• § 93.504— Standard of review.
• § 93.505— Rights of the parties.
• § 93.506— Authority of the Administrative Law Judge.
• § 93.507— Ex parte communications.
• § 93.508— Filing, format, and service.
• § 93.509— Filing motions.
• § 93.510— Conferences.
• § 93.511— The Administrative Law Judge's ruling.