---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 26.303"
title: "40"
number: "26.303"
heading: "Duties of IRBs in connection with observational research involving pregnant women and fetuses."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/26.303"
---

# §26.303. Duties of IRBs in connection with observational research involving pregnant women and fetuses.


The provisions of [45 CFR 46.203](/cfr/45/46.203.md) are applicable to this section.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 71 FR 6168, Feb. 6, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 136a(a) and 136w(a)(1); 21 U.S.C. 346a(e)(1)(C); sec. 201, Pub. L. 109-54, 119 Stat. 531; and 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 28012, 28022, June 18, 1991, unless otherwise noted.