80 FR 12629 - Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 46 (March 10, 2015)

Page Range12629-12630
FR Document2015-05428

The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) has been rechartered. The effective date of the revised charter was September 1, 2014.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Renewal of Charter for the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation

AGENCY: Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving 
notice that the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) has 
been rechartered. The effective date of the revised charter was 
September 1, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Stroup, MBA, MPA, Executive 
Secretary, Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Room 17W65 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Phone: 
(301) 443-1127; fax: (301) 594-6095; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATON: 42 U.S.C. 217a; Section 222 of the Public 
Health Service Act, as amended; 42 CFR 121.12. The Committee is 
governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of 
advisory committees.
    ACOT advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary on all

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aspects of organ donation, procurement, allocation, and transplantation 
and on such other matters as the Secretary determines.
    One of its principal functions shall be to advise the Secretary on 
federal efforts to maximize the number of deceased donor organs made 
available for transplantation and to support the safety of living organ 
donation.
    On August 26, 2014, the Acting Director, Office of Management, 
HRSA, approved the ACOT charter to be renewed. The filing date of the 
renewed charter was September 1, 2014. There were no amendments to the 
previous charter. Renewal of the ACOT charter gives authorization for 
the Committee to continue to operate until September 1, 2016.
    A copy of the ACOT charter is available on the Web site for the 
organ transplantation program, at http://www.organdonor.gov/. A copy of 
the charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is 
maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the General 
Services Administration. The Web site address for the FACA database is 
http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

    Dated: March 3, 2015.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-05428 Filed 3-9-15; 8:45 am]
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ActionNotice.
ContactPatricia Stroup, MBA, MPA, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 17W65 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Phone: (301) 443-1127; fax: (301) 594-6095; email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 12629 

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