80 FR 57189 - Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 183 (September 22, 2015)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 183 (September 22, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-24006 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 57189-57190] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-24006] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority Part C (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 80 FR 34643-34644, dated June 6, 2015) is amended to reflect the reorganization of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as follows: Delete in its entirety the title and function statements for the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies (CCH) and insert the following: Respiratory Health Division (CCH). The Respiratory Health Division (RHD) seeks to advance protection against work-related hazards and exposures that cause or contribute to respiratory illness, injury, and death and to promote workplace-based interventions that improve respiratory health. To accomplish its mission, the Division gathers and synthesizes information, makes recommendations, and delivers products and services to a range of stakeholders, including partners able to effect prevention. Specifically, RHD: (1) Prevents work-related respiratory disease and improves workers' respiratory health by generating new knowledge and transferring that knowledge into practice; (2) plans, designs, and conducts a national research program relevant to preventing occupational respiratory disease and optimizing workers' respiratory health; (3) upon request, conducts hazard evaluations and provides technical assistance to address challenges, including emerging issues, in occupational respiratory disease; (4) plans, designs, and conducts a national surveillance program for occupational and work- related respiratory disease; (5) communicates study findings to prevent occupational respiratory disease and optimize workers' respiratory health, and evaluates the effectiveness of these communications; (6) administers a program of legislatively mandated medical monitoring services for coal miners under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; and (7) provides rewarding educational and training opportunities in occupational and work-related respiratory disease prevention to visiting scientists, Epidemiologic Investigations Service Officers, fellows, residents, interns, students and others through a variety of temporary assignments in various Division activities. Office of the Director (CCH1). Directs and manages the operations of the Respiratory Health Division. Field Studies Branch (CCHB). (1) Plans, designs, and conducts short- and long-term field investigations relevant to preventing occupational respiratory diseases and optimizing workers' respiratory health; (2) responds to requests for health hazard evaluations and technical assistance relevant to occupational respiratory disease; (3) conducts morbidity and mortality studies relating to occupational respiratory diseases in selected worker populations and the general population in order to identify causal agents and other risk factors, quantify exposure effect relationships, and evaluate prevalence and severity of specific respiratory diseases; (4) conducts environmental studies, medical test evaluations, industrial hygiene research, laboratory research, demonstrations of workplace exposures and controls, and studies the challenges created by new technologies; (5) provides statistical design and implements data analysis and verification for Division research projects; and (6) develops and evaluates research methods of data collection, processing, and statistical analysis that are relevant to the Division mission, including medical tests, sampling approaches and equipment, sample analyses, exposure and dose assessment and modeling (including dermal exposure), bioavailability of exposures, biomarkers of exposure and health effects, and protective measures. [[Page 57190]] Surveillance Branch (CCHD). (1) Collects, analyzes, and disseminates accurate and timely health and hazard information related to occupational respiratory diseases and workers' respiratory health, and collaborates in the establishment and analysis of health surveillance systems at the national and state level in order to: (a) provide information relating to overall incidence, prevalence, mortality, and impact of occupational respiratory diseases and workers' respiratory health; (b) describe the occurrence of specific diseases with regard to occupation, industry, exposures, geography, demographic characteristics, temporal trends, and other relevant factors for which information is available; (c) describe the distribution and trends in occupational exposure to agents responsible for respiratory diseases; (d) identify emerging risks for respiratory disease; (e) assess racial/ ethnic and other disparities in the occurrence of occupational respiratory diseases and occupational exposures to agents responsible for respiratory diseases; and (f) evaluate impact of interventions, policies, and program activities on the occurrence of occupational respiratory disease; (2) synthesizes data to frame recommendations for priority setting, hypothesis generation, and improved methods for data collection; (3) disseminates information through development and publication of timely information and reports describing workplace hazards and exposures and work-related occupational lung diseases, and application of communication science, media principles, and web design to enhance access to and use of data and information; (4) develops and evaluates innovative surveillance methods; (5) coordinates with other Federal agencies, promulgates rules, and implements programs as authorized by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and its subsequent amendments, to provide for the collection and reporting of health and hazard surveillance data related to occupational respiratory diseases in coal miners, including planning, coordinating, and processing the medical examinations provided for miners, operating an approval program for participating medical facilities and physicians, and evaluating and approving employer programs for the examination of miners in accordance with published regulations; (6) provides technical assistance and recommendations concerning medical screening and health surveillance of workers exposed to respiratory hazards in the workplace, including administering a national program of spirometry training, providing training and testing on the classification of radiographs for the pneumoconioses, and collaborating with national (e.g., American College of Radiology, American Thoracic Society) and international (e.g., International Labour Organization) groups to develop and improve occupational respiratory disease medical surveillance methods; and (7) establishes collaborations to identify, support, and evaluate interventions designed to improve respiratory health in the workplace. 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hour, which includes time to review the available in HHS/CDC’s educational occupational respiratory disease and
interview protocol with the interviewer, materials on VTE prevention and at optimizing workers’ respiratory health;
respond to the interview questions, and recognition events. (3) upon request, conducts hazard
review a summary report about the evaluations and provides technical
General Conditions
Champion’s practices. The summary assistance to address challenges,
will be written as a success story and HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel including emerging issues, in
will be posted on the CDC Web site. suspend, and/or modify the challenge, occupational respiratory disease; (4)
or any part of it, for any reason, as HHS/ plans, designs, and conducts a national
Additional Information CDC’s sole discretion. surveillance program for occupational
Information received from nominees Dated: September 15, 2015. and work-related respiratory disease; (5)
will be stored in a password protected communicates study findings to prevent
Sandra Cashman,
file on a secure server. The challenge occupational respiratory disease and
Acting Director, Division of the Executive
Web site may post the number of optimize workers’ respiratory health,
Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Staff,
nominations received but will not Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. and evaluates the effectiveness of these
include information about individual communications; (6) administers a
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nominees. The database of information program of legislatively mandated
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submitted by nominees will not be medical monitoring services for coal
posted on the Web site. Personal miners under the Federal Mine Safety
information collected and stored from DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND and Health Act of 1977; and (7) provides
nominees will only include general HUMAN SERVICES rewarding educational and training
details, such as the organization name, opportunities in occupational and work-
address, and contact information of the Centers for Disease Control and related respiratory disease prevention to
nominee. This type of information is Prevention visiting scientists, Epidemiologic
generally publically available. The Investigations Service Officers, fellows,
nomination form and submission will Statement of Organization, Functions, residents, interns, students and others
collect and store only aggregate clinical and Delegations of Authority through a variety of temporary
data through the nomination process; no assignments in various Division
individual identifiable patient data will Part C (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) of the Statement of activities.
be collected or stored. Confidential or Office of the Director (CCH1). Directs
propriety data, clearly marked as such, Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the and manages the operations of the
will be secured to the full extent Respiratory Health Division.
allowable by law. Department of Health and Human
Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated Field Studies Branch (CCHB). (1)
Information for selected Champions,
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR Plans, designs, and conducts short- and
such as the hospital or health system’s
69296, October 20, 1980, as amended long-term field investigations relevant to
name, location, VTE prevention
most recently at 80 FR 34643–34644, preventing occupational respiratory
outcomes, and practices that support
dated June 6, 2015) is amended to diseases and optimizing workers’
HA–VTE prevention will be shared
reflect the reorganization of the National respiratory health; (2) responds to
through press releases, the challenge
Institute for Occupational Safety and requests for health hazard evaluations
Web site, social media, and other HHS/
Health, Centers for Disease Control and and technical assistance relevant to
CDC resources. Summary data on the
Prevention. occupational respiratory disease; (3)
types of systems and processes used to
Section C–B, Organization and conducts morbidity and mortality
increase VTE prevention will be shared
Functions, is hereby amended as studies relating to occupational
in documents or other communication
follows: respiratory diseases in selected worker
products that describe generally used
Delete in its entirety the title and populations and the general population
practices for successful VTE prevention.
function statements for the Division of in order to identify causal agents and
HHS/CDC will use the summary data
Respiratory Disease Studies (CCH) and other risk factors, quantify exposure
only as described.
insert the following: effect relationships, and evaluate
Compliance With Rules and Contacting Respiratory Health Division (CCH). prevalence and severity of specific
Contest Winners The Respiratory Health Division (RHD) respiratory diseases; (4) conducts
Finalists must comply with all terms seeks to advance protection against environmental studies, medical test
and conditions of these official rules, work-related hazards and exposures that evaluations, industrial hygiene research,
and winning is contingent upon cause or contribute to respiratory laboratory research, demonstrations of
fulfilling all requirements herein. The illness, injury, and death and to workplace exposures and controls, and
finalists will be notified by email, promote workplace-based interventions studies the challenges created by new
telephone, or mail after the date of that improve respiratory health. To technologies; (5) provides statistical
judging. accomplish its mission, the Division design and implements data analysis
gathers and synthesizes information, and verification for Division research
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Personal information provided by products and services to a range of research methods of data collection,
entrants on the nomination form stakeholders, including partners able to processing, and statistical analysis that
through the challenge Web site will be effect prevention. Specifically, RHD: (1) are relevant to the Division mission,
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used to contact selected finalists. Prevents work-related respiratory including medical tests, sampling
Information is not collected for disease and improves workers’ approaches and equipment, sample
commercial marketing. Winners are respiratory health by generating new analyses, exposure and dose assessment
permitted to cite that they won this knowledge and transferring that and modeling (including dermal
challenge. knowledge into practice; (2) plans, exposure), bioavailability of exposures,
The names, cities, and states of designs, and conducts a national biomarkers of exposure and health
selected Champions will be made research program relevant to preventing effects, and protective measures.
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Surveillance Branch (CCHD). (1) screening and health surveillance of electronic, mechanical, or other
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates workers exposed to respiratory hazards technological collection techniques or
accurate and timely health and hazard in the workplace, including other forms of information technology,
information related to occupational administering a national program of e.g., permitting electronic submission of
respiratory diseases and workers’ spirometry training, providing training responses; and (e) Assess information
respiratory health, and collaborates in and testing on the classification of collection costs.
the establishment and analysis of health radiographs for the pneumoconioses, To request additional information on
surveillance systems at the national and and collaborating with national (e.g., the proposed project or to obtain a copy
state level in order to: (a) provide American College of Radiology, of the information collection plan and
information relating to overall American Thoracic Society) and instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or
incidence, prevalence, mortality, and international (e.g., International Labour send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written
impact of occupational respiratory Organization) groups to develop and comments and/or suggestions regarding
diseases and workers’ respiratory improve occupational respiratory the items contained in this notice
health; (b) describe the occurrence of disease medical surveillance methods; should be directed to the Attention:
specific diseases with regard to and (7) establishes collaborations to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management
occupation, industry, exposures, identify, support, and evaluate and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or
geography, demographic characteristics, interventions designed to improve by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written
temporal trends, and other relevant respiratory health in the workplace. comments should be received within 30
factors for which information is days of this notice.
James Seligman,
available; (c) describe the distribution
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Proposed Project
and trends in occupational exposure to
Disease Control and Prevention.
agents responsible for respiratory Harmful Algal Bloom Illness
[FR Doc. 2015–24006 Filed 9–21–15; 8:45 am]
diseases; (d) identify emerging risks for Surveillance System (HABISS)—NEW—
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respiratory disease; (e) assess racial/
ethnic and other disparities in the Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for
occurrence of occupational respiratory Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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agents responsible for respiratory
diseases; and (f) evaluate impact of Centers for Disease Control and The National Center for Emerging and
interventions, policies, and program Prevention Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
activities on the occurrence of is requesting approval for surveillance
occupational respiratory disease; (2) [30 Day–15–15AOX] activities through Harmful Algal Bloom-
synthesizes data to frame related Illness Surveillance System
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork (HABISS). HABISS data surveillance
recommendations for priority setting,
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hypothesis generation, and improved
methods for data collection; (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Control No. 0920–0004. Previous
disseminates information through Prevention (CDC) has submitted the Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)
development and publication of timely following information collection request surveillance under HABISS ceased due
information and reports describing to the Office of Management and Budget to defunding. NCEZID is now managing
workplace hazards and exposures and (OMB) for review and approval in the HAB surveillance module.
work-related occupational lung accordance with the Paperwork Surveillance through HABISS is now a
diseases, and application of Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for priority within NCEZID due to the Great
communication science, media the proposed information collection is Lakes Restorative Initiative.
principles, and web design to enhance published to obtain comments from the The goal of the Harmful Algal Bloom-
access to and use of data and public and affected agencies. related Illness Surveillance System
information; (4) develops and evaluates Written comments and suggestions (HABISS) is to receive data on harmful
innovative surveillance methods; (5) from the public and affected agencies algal blooms (HABs) and human and
coordinates with other Federal agencies, concerning the proposed collection of animal illnesses related to HAB
promulgates rules, and implements information are encouraged. Your exposures. Data reported to HABISS
programs as authorized by the Federal comments should address any of the will be accessible to state health
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and following: (a) Evaluate whether the departments, federal partners and other
its subsequent amendments, to provide proposed collection of information is stakeholders to better characterize HABs
for the collection and reporting of health necessary for the proper performance of and single human and animal illness
and hazard surveillance data related to the functions of the agency, including related to HAB exposures and to inform
occupational respiratory diseases in coal whether the information will have future prevention efforts.
miners, including planning, practical utility; (b) Evaluate the Data will be collected electronically,
coordinating, and processing the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the with data elements collected via the
medical examinations provided for burden of the proposed collection of National Outbreak Reporting System
miners, operating an approval program information, including the validity of (NORS). Single human and animal
for participating medical facilities and the methodology and assumptions used; illnesses related to HAB exposures, and
physicians, and evaluating and (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and environmental data about HABs will be
approving employer programs for the voluntarily reported by state agencies.
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clarity of the information to be
examination of miners in accordance collected; (d) Minimize the burden of The data collected will be analyzed and
with published regulations; (6) provides the collection of information on those presented through summaries and
technical assistance and who are to respond, including through reports.
recommendations concerning medical the use of appropriate automated, The total burden is 57 hours.
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