---
kind: "unit"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Protection of Environment"
key: "chI/subchA/part26/subpartQ"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart Q"
heading: "Standards for Assessing Whether To Rely on the Results of Human Research in EPA Actions"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/chI-subchA-part26-subpartQ"
sections_count: 6
---

# Subpart Q — Standards for Assessing Whether To Rely on the Results of Human Research in EPA Actions

Title 40 C.F.R. — Protection of Environment › Chapter I — Environmental Protection Agency › Subchapter A — General › Part 26 — Protection of Human Subjects

## Sections

- [§26.1701. To what does this subpart apply?](/cfr/40/26.1701.md)
- [§26.1702. Definitions.](/cfr/40/26.1702.md)
- [§26.1703. Prohibitions applying to all research subject to this subpart.](/cfr/40/26.1703.md)
- [§26.1704. Prohibition of reliance on unethical human research with non-pregnant, non-nursing adults.](/cfr/40/26.1704.md)
- [§26.1705. Prohibition of reliance on unethical human research with non-pregnant, non-nursing adults initiated after April 7, 2006.](/cfr/40/26.1705.md)
- [§26.1706. Criteria and procedure for decisions to protect public health by relying on otherwise unacceptable research.](/cfr/40/26.1706.md)