MEMORANDUM 
DEP.XRTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, .VND WELFARE 
PUBLIC HE.\LTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSmVTU OF HEALTH 
TO Director, NIAID 
DATE; 
FROM : Director, NIH 
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authorities Under the NIH Guidelines for 
Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules 
The NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules 
( Federal Register , Volume 45, pp. 77384-77409, November 21, 1980i specify in 
Section IV-c-8 that "'Director, NIH,' or 'Director' means the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health and any other officer or employee of NIH 
to whom authority has been delegated.* 
Previously, on July 12, 1979, I delegated to you certain specified 
authorities under the Guidelines. By this memorandum, I am hereby 
delegating to you all other responsibilities of the Director, NIH specified 
in the Guidelines. These are detailed in the subsections of Section IV-E-1 
of the Guidelines, and include the Chairmanship of the Federal Interagency 
Advisory Committee on Recombinant DNA Research. 
Donald 3. Fredrickson, M.D. 
cc: Dr. Gartland 
Dr. Talbot 
Dr. Perpich 
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