79 FR 194 pg. 60474 - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Type: NOTICEVolume: 79Number: 194Page: 60474
Page: 60474FR document: [FR Doc. 2014-23856 Filed 10-6-14; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
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) announce the following meeting of the aforementioned committee.
Times and Dates:
8:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m., EDT, October 29, 2014
8:00 a.m.-1:15 p.m., EDT, October 30, 2014
Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Building 19, Kent "Oz" Nelson Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: The committee is charged with advising the Director, CDC, on the appropriate use of immunizing agents. In addition, under 42 U.S.C. 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. Further, under provisions of the Affordable Care Act, at section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act, immunization recommendations of the ACIP that have been adopted by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must be covered by applicable health plans.
Matters for Discussion: The agenda will include discussions on: General recommendations; human papillomavirus vaccines; influenza; novel influenza vaccines, tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap); meningococcal vaccines; child/adolescent immunization schedule; adult immunization schedule; immunization safety; hepatitis vaccines; typhoid vaccines; and vaccine supply. Recommendation votes are scheduled for general recommendations, child/adolescent immunization schedule, adult immunization schedule and typhoid vaccines. Time will be available for public comment.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Contact Person for More Information: Stephanie Thomas, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-A27, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-8836; Email ACIP@CDC.GOV
Meeting is Webcast live via the World Wide Web; for instructions and more information on ACIP please visit the ACIP Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/index.html.
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.
Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-23856 Filed 10-6-14; 8:45 am]
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