[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53649-53650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27290]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 62 FR 46751, dated September 4, 1997) is
amended to reflect the establishment of the Division of Oral Health
within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
After the functional statement for the Program Services Branch
(HCL84), insert the following:
Division of Oral Health (HCL9). (1) Provides a national and
international focus for the prevention and control of oral diseases and
conditions, and for the prevention and control of infectious diseases
in dentistry; (2) provides assistance to state and local governments,
professional, educational, voluntary, and community-based organizations
through consultation, training, promotion, education, surveillance, and
other technical services; (3) assists state and local governments and
other organizations in evaluating dental, oral, and infectious disease
prevention activities; (4) develops and implements oral health
activities for underserved racial and ethnic minority populations; (5)
collects, analyzes, summarizes, and distributes information on the
status of dental public health programs; (6) conducts and evaluates
operational research to develop improved methodology for oral disease
prevention; (7) develops and conducts surveillance of dental and oral
disease problems; (8) maintains liaison with other federal agencies,
state and local health agencies, and national organizations and groups
on oral health activities; (9) collaborates with other components of
CDC and DHHS in carrying out programs.
Office of the Director (HCL91). (1) Manages, directs, and
coordinates the activities of the Division of Oral Health (DOH); (2)
provides leadership and guidance in policy formulation, program
planning and development, program management and operations; (3)
provides administrative, fiscal, procurement, and technical support for
the division; (4) coordinates responses to all congressional, public,
and Freedom of Information inquiries; (5) coordinates all clearance
functions; (6) manages all personnel activities, including staff
recruitment, assignment, and career development; (7) coordinates
activities of the division with other components of CDC.
Program Services Branch (HCL92). (1) Develops and recommends
criteria and standards to be used in program planning and evaluation of
public oral health programs; (2) provides consultation to and maintains
liaison with state and local health agencies, national and
international dental associations, health professional groups, and
voluntary and community-based organizations in the areas of information
exchange, education, and health promotion to support oral disease
prevention and control efforts; (3) provides consultation and
assistance to federal agencies for the prevention and control of oral
diseases and for oral health promotion; (4) develops and implements
oral health activities for underserved racial and ethnic minority
populations; (5) assists state and local health departments in
evaluating their programs and makes recommendations to facilitate
improvement of programs; (6) designs, develops, coordinates, and
disseminates guidelines related to dental disease prevention and oral
health promotion; (7) develops and conducts national water fluoridation
training for state engineering and dental personnel; (8) collects,
compiles, and distribution data on the quality of water fluoridation;
(9) develops or assists with the development of home study and
classroom training materials related to oral disease prevention and
oral health
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promotion, for use by state and local departments of health; (10)
evaluates information, educational activities, and oral health
promotion projects proposed or completed by other agencies or private
organizations; (11) develops procurement and assistance documents and
monitors their progress; (12) collaborates with other components of CDC
in developing and carrying out programs.
Surveillance, Investigations, and Research Branch (HCL93). (1)
Compiles and analyzes data on oral health information and dental health
care workers from various national, regional, state, and community
sources; 92) develops and supports, in collaboration with State and
local health departments and other components of CDC, prototype
surveillance systems, including protocols for measurement of oral
health status, services, and systems; (3) monitors progress toward the
achievement of the national oral health objectives; (4) conducts
epidemiologic investigations of infectious diseases that occur within
the dental setting and makes recommendations to prevent disease
transmission during the provision of oral health services (5) maintains
current scientific literature and CDC policy issuances that relate to
oral health and infectious diseases; (6) serves as consultants to
dental professional organizations and other federal agencies on
subjects related to community-based prevention or oral diseases and
assurance of the safety of the dental care environment; (7) develops
research guidelines, designs protocols, and implements and evaluates
oral health and infectious disease studies related to dentistry; (8)
develops procurement and assistance documents and monitors their
progress to support studies that examine important research questions
related to community-based measures to prevent oral diseases or promote
oral health.
Dated: October 2, 1997.
Claire V. Broome,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 97-27290 Filed 10-14-97; 8:45 am]
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