---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 93.404"
title: "42"
number: "93.404"
heading: "Findings of research misconduct and proposed HHS administrative actions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/93.404"
---

# §93.404. Findings of research misconduct and proposed HHS administrative actions.

- (a) **After completing its review of the administrative record, ORI may—**
  - (1) Close the case without a separate ORI finding of research misconduct;
  - (2) Make findings of research misconduct and propose and take HHS administrative actions based on the administrative record; or
  - (3) **Seek to settle the case.**
- (b) The lack of an ORI finding of research misconduct does not overturn an institution's determination that the conduct constituted professional or research misconduct warranting remediation under the institution's policy.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216 and 289b

### Source

Source: 89 FR 76295, Sept. 17, 2024, unless otherwise noted.