NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines)
Published by National Institutes of Health Bethesda
The CFR incorporates NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines) by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The edition the CFR requires
January 2001, Appendix B
As the CFR lists it: “NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines), January 2001, Appendix B”
- Listed in 49 CFR 171.7; required by49 CFR 173.134 ↗
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