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PHS Organizations

Organizations That Require Compliance With PHS Financial Conflict Of Interest Regulations

These federal agencies and other organizations utilize the Public Health Service (PHS) financial conflict of interest (FCOI) regulations as their COI policy.  

U.S. Public Health Services Agencies include:

  • Administration on Aging (AOA)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  • Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Indian Health Services (IHS)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Office of Global Affairs
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
  • Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS)
  • Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

This list of PHS agencies is taken from the U.S. DHHS Organizational Chart at: www.hhs.gov/about/orgchart. Because there may be changes, if the agency you are interested in is not on this list and you are unsure if it is a PHS agency, check with the Sponsored Projects Administration.

Non‐PHS Organizations Which Have Adopted The PHS Regulations:

  • Alfa-1 Foundation
  • Alliance for Lupus Research 
  • American Asthma Foundations 
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Heart Association 
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • American Lung Association 
  • Arthritis Foundation 
  • CurePSP
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • Lupus Foundation of America
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 
  • Sage Bionetworks
  • Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Federal sponsors with regulations similar to PHS or that follow a component
of PHS regulations:

  • Department of Energy (DOE) - interim COI policy similar to PHS policy
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - COI policy(link is
    external) has components of PHS, DOE, and the National Science Foundation (NSF)
    COI policies