New regs for Thursday: Investigational tobacco products, power swings, human subjects

Thursday’s edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for investigational tobacco products used by researchers, protections for human subjects in research facilities and safety requirements to address power swings.

Here’s what is happening:

Common rule: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing stronger protections for human subjects who take part in research experiments.

Known as the common rule, human subjects would be better protected with new rules for the researchers who are reviewing the information.

The public has until Dec. 7 to comment.

Power: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is proposing new safety requirements for power swings.

The rules will “ensure that applicable entities use protective relay systems that can differentiate between faults and stable power swings,” the agency wrote.

The public has 60 days to comment.

Tobacco: The Food and Drug Administration is considering new guidelines for the use of investigational tobacco products.

The draft guidance issued Wednesday would apply to researchers who use investigational tobacco products.

The public has 60 days to comment.