[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5862]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Teleconference
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Teleconference.
Time and Date: 4:15 p.m.-6 p.m. (EST), March 16, 1999.
Place: The teleconference call will originate at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta,Georgia. Please see
Supplementary Information for details on accessing the
teleconference.
Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only
by availability of telephone ports.
Purpose: The Committee is charged with advising the Director,
CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In addition,
under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396s, the Committee is mandated to establish
and periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of
vaccines for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the
Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, along with schedules regarding
the appropriate periodicity, dosage, and contraindications
applicable to the vaccines.
Matters To Be Discussed: The teleconference agenda will include
a discussion on the ACIP 1999 Prevention and Control of Influenza
recommendation, and a final decision from the committee members on
acceptance of the recommendation for publication in the Morbidity
and Mortality Reports and Recommendations.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to
begin at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the
teleconference, please dial 1/800/713-1971 and enter conference code
497796. You will then be automatically connected to the call.
Due to difficulties in scheduling this meeting, and the
necessity to meet publication deadlines, this notice is being
published less than 15 days prior to the teleconference.
Contact Person for More Information: Gloria A. Kovach, Committee
Management Specialist, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, m/s D50,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone 404/639-7250.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining
to announcements of meetings and other committee management
activities for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: March 4, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-5862 Filed 3-5-99; 4:33 pm]
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