[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34550-34551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16216]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part H, Chapter HC (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 60 FR 17792-17795, dated April 7, 1995) is
amended to reflect the retitle and modify the functional statements of
the Division of HIV/AIDS and the Division of STD/HIV Prevention,
National Center for Prevention Services.
Delete the title and functional statement for the Division of STD/
HIV Prevention (HCM4) and insert the following:
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention (HCM4). (1) In
cooperation with other CDC components, administers operational programs
for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD); (2) provides
consultation, training, statistical, promotional, educational,
epidemiological and other technical services to assist State and local
health departments in the planning, development, implementation,
evaluation and overall improvement of STD prevention programs; (3)
supports a nationwide framework for effective surveillance of STDs
other than HIV; (4) conducts behavioral, clinical, epidemiological,
preventive health services, and operational research into factors
affecting the prevention and control of STD; (5) provides leadership
and coordinates, in collaboration with other Center components,
research and prevention activities that focus on STD and HIV
interaction; (6) promotes linkages between health department STD
programs and other governmental and nongovernmental partners who are
vital to effective STD prevention efforts; (7) provides technical
supervision for Division State and local assignees.
Delete the title and functional statement for the Division of HIV/
AIDS(HCM7) and insert the following:
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (HCM7). (1) In cooperation with
other CDC components, administers operational programs for the
prevention of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS); (2) provides consultation, training, statistical,
promotional, educational, epidemiological, and other technical services
to assist State and local health departments, as well as national,
State, and local nongovernmental organizations, in the planning,
development, implementation, and overall improvement of HIV prevention
programs; (3) conducts epidemiologic, surveillance, behavioral,
etiologic, communications, and operational research into factors
affecting the prevention of HIV/AIDS; (4) develops recommendations and
guidelines on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and associated illnesses; (5)
monitors sentinel surveillance of HIV infection and infectious diseases
and other complications of HIV/AIDS, as well as surveillance of risk
behaviors associated with HIV transmission; (6) conducts national and
international HIV/AIDS
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surveillance, epidemiologic investigations, and studies to determine
risk factors and transmission patterns of HIV/AIDS; (7) evaluates
prevention and control activities in collaboration with other CDC
components; (8) provides assistance and consultation on issues related
to epidemiology surveillance, programmatic support, research,
evaluation methodologies, and fiscal and grants management to State and
local health departments, nongovernmental organizations, national
organizations, and other research institutions; (9) promotes linkages
between health department HIV/AIDS programs and other governmental and
nongovernmental partners who are vital to effective HIV/AIDS prevention
efforts; (10) provides consultation to other PHS agencies, medical
institutions, private physicians, and international organizations or
agencies; (11) provides information to the scientific community and the
general public through publications and presentations; (12) works
closely with National Center for Infectious Diseases on HIV/AIDS
surveillance and epidemiologic investigations that require laboratory
collaboration, and on activities related to the investigation and
prevention of HIV-related to the investigation and prevention of HIV-
related opportunistic infections; (13) implements national HIV/AIDS
prevention communications programs and develops strategic
communications activities and services at the national level to inform
and educate the American public about HIV/AIDS surveillance and
prevention activities.
Dated: June 14, 1995.
Martha Katz,
Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 95-16216 Filed 6-30-95; 8:45 am]
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