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[FR Doc No: 94-26075]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Title III of the Public Health Service Act; Delegation of
Authority
Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Administrator,
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, with authority to
redelegate, insofar as they pertain to the functions assigned to the
Agency, the following authorities vested in the Assistant Secretary for
Health by the Secretary on January 14, 1981, under Title III of the
Public Health Service Act, General Powers and Duties of the Public
Health Service, (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.), as amended.
(1) Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241),
as amended, authority relative to research, investigation, and testing
functions; (2) Section 304 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
242b), as amended, general authority respecting research, evaluations,
and demonstrations in health statistics, health services, and health
care technology; (3) Section 307 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 2421), as amended, international cooperation authority; (4)
Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m), as
amended, insofar as general provisions apply to sections 304, 306, and
307; (5) Section 310 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242n),
as amended, authority relative to health conferences and health
education information.
The authorities herein delegated do not include: (1) The authority
to prescribe regulations; or (2) the authority under Section 304(b)(4)
relative to the acquisition, construction, improvement, repair,
operation, and maintenance of real property.
This delegation supersedes the March 22, 1985, delegation by the
Acting Assistant Secretary for Health to the Director, National Center
for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment;
insofar as it pertains to authorities under Title III of the Public
Health Service Act.
Previous delegations and redelegations to other officials currently
within the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research of authorities
under Title III of the Public Health Service Act may continue in effect
for no longer than 90 days from the effective date of this delegation,
provided they are consistent with this delegation.
This delegation became effective on October 5, 1994.
Dated: October 5, 1994.
Philip R. Lee,
Assistant Secretary for Health.
[FR Doc. 94-26075 Filed 10-20-94; 8:45 am]
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