CFR > Title 45 - Public Welfare > SUBTITLE A—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (parts 1 to 100) > PART 46—PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS > SUBPART B—Additional Protections for Pregnant Women, Human Fetuses and Neonates Involved in Research (§46.201 to §46.207) > 46.206—Research involving, after delivery, the placenta, the dead fetus or fetal material.

46.206—Research involving, after delivery, the placenta, the dead fetus or fetal material.

(a) Research involving, after delivery, the placenta; the dead fetus; macerated fetal material; or cells, tissue, or organs excised from a dead fetus, shall be conducted only in accord with any applicable Federal, State, or local laws and regulations regarding such activities.
(b) If information associated with material described in paragraph (a) of this section is recorded for research purposes in a manner that living individuals can be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to those individuals, those individuals are research subjects and all pertinent subparts of this part are applicable.