March 2, 2001
Ethics-Training Rule Is Suspended
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said last week that it would suspend indefinitely a new policy requiring universities to educate researchers about federal rules concerning scientific fraud and about other issues of research ethics.
The decision followed a letter from the chairman of the House Commerce Committee, who said the agency may not have followed proper procedure when it issued the policy.
The requirement, issued in December, had drawn criticism from some
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