(a) If an OPDIV is required by statute to use peer review for technical review of specified contracts, the requirements of those statutes, any implementing regulatory requirements, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and as applicable, any approved HHSAR deviation(s) from this subpart take precedence over the otherwise applicable requirements of this subpart.
(1) The statutes that require such review and implementing regulations are as follows: NIH-42 U.S.C. 289a and 42 CFR Part 52h; SAMHSA-42 U.S.C. 290aa-3, and AHRQ-42 U.S.C. 299c-1.
