[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46052-46053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23131]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC):
Meeting
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: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC).
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., September 16, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m., September 17, 1998.
Place: CDC, Koger Center, Williams Building, Conference Rooms 1802
and 1805, 2877 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting rooms accommodate approximately 85 people.
Purpose: This committee is charged with providing scientific and
technical advice and guidance to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Director, CDC,
regarding the need for, and the nature of, revisions to the standards
under which clinical laboratories are regulated; the impact of proposed
revisions to the standards; and the modification of the standards to
accommodate technological advances.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include an update on CLIA
implementation; a report from the Genetic Testing Workgroup and
discussions of revisions to general or specific CLIA requirements that
apply to pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic components of
genetic testing; and the applicability of CLIA to laboratory testing
performed for assisted reproductive technology (ART).
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: John C. Ridderhof, Dr.
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P.H., Division of Laboratory Systems, Public Health Practice Program
Office, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop G-25, Atlanta, Georgia
30341-3724, telephone 770/488-8076, FAX 770/488-8282.
Dated: August 24, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-23131 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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