---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 46.206"
title: "45"
number: "46.206"
heading: "Research involving, after delivery, the placenta, the dead fetus or fetal material."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/46.206"
---

# §46.206. Research involving, after delivery, the placenta, the dead fetus or fetal material.

- (a) Research involving, after delivery, the placenta; the dead fetus; macerated fetal material; or cells, tissue, or organs excised from a dead fetus, shall be conducted only in accord with any applicable Federal, State, or local laws and regulations regarding such activities.
- (b) If information associated with material described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is recorded for research purposes in a manner that living individuals can be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to those individuals, those individuals are research subjects and all pertinent subparts of this part are applicable.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 56778, Nov. 13, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 289(a); 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b).