Protection of Human Research Subjects: Delay of Effective Date

To give the Department an opportunity to obtain comment on three modifications to the rule entitled Protection of Human Subjects, Additional Protections for Pregnant Women and Human Fetuses Involved in Research, and Pertaining to Human In Vitro Fertilization, the Department is delaying until November 14, 2001 the effective date of the rule, which was published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2001, 66 F.R. 3878, pending the Department's action on forthcoming notice of proposed rulemaking. The rule's effective date was previously delayed by 60 days on March 19, 2001, in accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2001, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled A Regulatory Review Plan, published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2001. See 66 F.R. 15352.