2018-13995. Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC); Notice of Charter Amendment

AGENCY:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION:

Notice of charter amendment.

SUMMARY:

This gives notice under (the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972, that the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, has amended their charter to increase the number and meetings from approximately three times per year to up to eight times per year. Also, this amendment gives notice to change the name of the DNV Healthcare to DNV-GL; to add the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS), and the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration (NADONA) as non-voting liaison organizations to the committee, and to include expertise in environmental microbiology; and increase the number of meetings up to eight times a year. The amended filing date is May 4, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Erin Stone, M.A., HICPAC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop A-31, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; Email: [e-mail].

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.

Elaine Baker,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.