# Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2017-01-19 · Effective 2018-01-19 · 82 FR 7149
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-01058
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 7149
- **CFR reference:** 6 CFR 46
- **Publication date:** 2017-01-19
- **Effective date:** 2018-01-19
## Abstract

The departments and agencies listed in this document announce revisions to modernize, strengthen, and make more effective the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects that was originally promulgated as a Common Rule in 1991. This final rule is intended to better protect human subjects involved in research, while facilitating valuable research and reducing burden, delay, and ambiguity for investigators. These revisions are an effort to modernize, simplify, and enhance the current system of oversight.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-01058/federal-policy-for-the-protection-of-human-subjects)
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