Institutional compliance with assurances.

§ 93.302 Institutional compliance with assurances. (a) Compliance with assurance. ORI considers an institution in compliance with its assurance if the institution— (1) Establishes policies and procedures according to this part, keeps them in compliance with this part, and upon request, provides them to ORI, other HHS personnel, and members of the public; (2) Takes all reasonable and practical specific steps to foster research integrity consistent with § 93.300, including— (i) Informs the institution's research members participating in or otherwise involved with PHS supported biomedical or behavioral research, research training or activities related to that research or research training, including those applying for support from any PHS funding component, about its policies and procedures for responding to allegations of research misconduct, and the institution's commitment to compliance with the policies and procedures; and (ii) Complies with its policies and procedures and each specific provision of this part. (b) Annual report. An institution must file an annual report with ORI which contains information specified by ORI on the institution's compliance with this part. (c) Additional information. Along with its assurance or annual report, an institution must send ORI such other aggregated information as ORI may request on the institution's research misconduct proceedings covered by this part and the institution's compliance with the requirements of this part.