May 27, 2005

HHS Issues Rules on Misconduct

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week published the final version of changes in its existing regulations on how colleges investigate and handle cases of alleged research misconduct, like plagiarism and the fabrication of data. Although the agency made few changes in a draft version it proposed last year, it did provide some clarifications.

The final rules, published in the May 17 Federal Register, take effect on June 16. The 32-page document revises rules imposed

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