82_FR_57687 82 FR 57455 - Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

82 FR 57455 - Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 232 (December 5, 2017)

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FR Document2017-26150

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
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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 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 81 FR 84583-84591, dated November 23, 2016) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Division of Viral 
Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, 
Office of Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete and replace the title and the mission and function 
statements for the Division of Viral Disease (CVGE) and insert the 
following:
    Division of Viral Disease (CVGE). The Division of Viral Diseases 
(DVD) prevents disease, disability, and death through immunization and 
by control of respiratory, enteric, and related viral diseases. In 
carrying out this mission, the DVD: (1) Conducts surveillance and 
related activities; supports and provides technical assistance to state 
and local health departments to conduct surveillance and related 
activities to monitor the impact of vaccination and other prevention 
programs; and determine patterns of infection and disease; (2) conducts 
epidemiologic and laboratory studies to define patterns of, and risk 
factors for, infection, disease, and disease burden; estimates vaccine 
effectiveness, determines cost effectiveness of vaccines, and evaluates 
other aspects of immunization practices; identifies and evaluates non-
vaccine prevention strategies; and provides epidemiological and 
laboratory expertise to other Nation Centers (NCs), collaborators, and 
partners on vaccine and other prevention strategies; (3) provides 
consultation on viral vaccine preventable, respiratory, and enteric 
diseases, and the use of vaccines and other measures to prevent 
infections; (4) provides consultation and support and/or participates 
in investigations of national and international outbreaks of viral 
vaccine preventable and other respiratory and enteric viral diseases, 
and recommends appropriate control measures; (5) provides scientific 
leadership and advice, analyzes available data, and develops science-
based statements for viral vaccines to the Advisory Committee on 
Immunization Practices (ACIP) and other groups to support the 
development and evaluation of immunization practices and policies 
domestically and internationally; (6) provides laboratory support for 
surveillance and epidemiologic studies and maintains reference/
diagnostic services and expertise; (7) conducts studies of immunology 
and pathogenesis of disease and the biology, biochemical, genetic and 
antigenic characteristics of the agents; (8) develops, evaluates, and 
improves diagnostic methods and reagents, and transfers assays and 
techniques to other public health laboratories; (9) facilitates and 
participates in the development and evaluation of antiviral compounds, 
vaccines, and vaccination programs; (10) provides and supports public 
health training; (11) responds to and assists internal and external 
partners on other public health problems of national and international 
significance, as needed; (12) provides technical support to state 
immunization programs for all aspects of vaccine-preventable diseases 
and their vaccines; (13) provides leadership in vaccine science; and 
(14) supports CDC's Immunization Safety Office in vaccine safety risk 
assessment and leadership in vaccine safety risk management.
    Office of the Director (CVGE1). (1) Manages, directs, and 
coordinates the activities of the division; (2) provides leadership and 
guidance in policy formulation, program planning and development, 
program management, and operations of the division; (3) identifies 
needs and resources for ongoing and new initiatives and assigns 
responsibilities for their development; (4) prepares, reviews, and 
coordinates informational, scientific, and programmatic documents; (5) 
oversees the division's activities and expenditures; (6) assures the 
overall quality of the science conducted by the division; (7) provides 
overall guidance and direction for the division's surveillance, 
research, and other scientific and immunization activities; (8) 
provides overall guidance and direction for division's epidemiologic, 
laboratory, and outbreak response capacity and activities; (9) oversees 
and facilitates the division's scientific support to other groups 
within CDC, the national and international healthcare, and public 
health communities regarding viral respiratory and enteric diseases and 
viral immunization programs; (10) guides and facilitates efficient 
coordination and cooperation for administrative, programmatic, and 
scientific activities within the division and with other groups inside 
and outside of CDC; and (11) provides division leadership, expertise, 
and technical collaboration for the application of statistics, 
economics, operations research, geography, other quantitative sciences, 
and data management to prevent disease, disability and death through 
immunization and control of respiratory, enteric, and related viral 
diseases.
    Analysis and Data Management Activity (CVGE12). (1) Coordinates 
quantitative science and data management planning, policy development, 
and project monitoring and evaluation; (2) designs and develops 
statistical, economic, cost, resource allocation, geospatial and data 
management strategies, models, and methodologies in the public health 
arena; and (3) collaborates with scientists, program experts, and 
senior public health officials throughout the division to implement 
these strategies, models, and methodologies in support of respiratory, 
enteric and related viral diseases surveillance and prevention studies, 
prevention resource allocation issues, and prevention program 
activities.
    Respiratory Viruses Branch (CVGEB). (1) Conducts surveillance, 
laboratory assistance, and related activities, and supports and 
provides technical assistance to state and local health departments to 
conduct surveillance and related activities to monitor the impact of 
prevention programs, and determine patterns of infection and disease; 
(2) conducts and provides laboratory support and expertise for 
epidemiologic and laboratory studies to define patterns of and risk 
factors for infection, disease, and disease burden; (3) provides 
epidemiology and laboratory consultation and support and/or 
participates in investigations of national and international outbreaks 
of viral respiratory diseases, and recommends appropriate control 
measures; (4) provides scientific, both epidemiologic and laboratory, 
leadership and advice; (5) analyzes available data, and develops 
science-based statements for potential respiratory viral vaccines to 
the ACIP and other groups to support the development and evaluation of 
immunization practices and policies in the U.S and internationally; (6) 
provides and supports public health training; (7) responds to and 
assists internal and

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external partners on other public health problems of national and 
international significance, as needed; (8) provides laboratory support 
for surveillance and epidemiologic studies and maintains reference/
diagnostic services and expertise; (9) conducts studies of immunology 
and pathogenesis of disease and the biology, biochemical, genetic, and 
antigenic characteristics of the agents; (10) develops, evaluates, and 
improves diagnostic methods and reagents, and transfers assays and 
techniques to other public health laboratories and provides and 
supports laboratory training; (11) facilitates and participates in the 
development and evaluation of antiviral compounds, vaccines, and 
vaccination programs; and (12) responds to and assists internal and 
external partners on other public health problems of national and 
international significance as needed.
    Polio and Picornavirus Laboratory Branch (CVGEC). (1) Provides 
laboratory assistance, technical expertise and support for surveillance 
and related activities to monitor impact of vaccination and other 
prevention programs, and determine patterns of infection and disease; 
(2) provides laboratory support and technical expertise for 
epidemiologic and laboratory studies to define patterns and risk 
factors for infection, disease, and disease burden; (3) studies 
vaccine-related issues; (4) identifies and evaluate non-vaccine 
prevention strategies; (5) provides laboratory consultation and 
technical expertise regarding use of vaccines and other measures to 
prevent infections to other NCs, collaborators, and partners; (6) 
provides laboratory consultation and support and/or participates in 
investigations of national and international outbreaks of viral vaccine 
preventable and other respiratory and enteric viral diseases; (7) 
provides laboratory leadership and technical expertise to develop 
science-based statements to Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the 
ACIP, and other groups to support the development and evaluation of 
immunization practices and policies in the U.S and internationally; (8) 
provides epidemiology and laboratory consultation and support and/or 
participates in investigations of national and international outbreaks 
of viral respiratory diseases, and recommends appropriate control 
measures; (9) provides scientific, both epidemiologic and laboratory, 
leadership and advice; (10) provides laboratory support for 
surveillance and epidemiologic studies and maintains reference/
diagnostic services and expertise; (11) conducts studies of immunology 
and pathogenesis of disease and the biology, biochemical, genetic, and 
antigenic characteristics of the agents; (12) develops, evaluates, and 
improves diagnostic methods and reagents, transfers assays and 
techniques to national and international public health laboratories, 
and provides and supports training for laboratorians; (13) facilitates 
and participates in the development and evaluation of antiviral 
compounds, vaccines, and vaccination programs; (14) responds to and 
assists internal and external partners on other public health problems 
of national and international significance as needed; and (15) serves 
as the National Reference Laboratory (poliovirus and enteroviruses), 
World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Poliovirus and 
Enteroviruses Virus Reference and Research, and WHO Global Specialized 
Polio Reference Laboratory.
    Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch (CVGED). (1) Conducts 
surveillance, provides laboratory assistance, technical expertise, and 
support for surveillance and related activities to monitor the impact 
of vaccination on the prevention of viral disease and to determine 
patterns of infection and disease; (2) conducts epidemiologic and 
laboratory studies to define patterns of and risk factors for 
infection, disease, and disease burden; (3) estimates vaccine 
effectiveness, evaluates other aspects of immunization practices; (4) 
identifies and evaluates non-vaccine prevention strategies; (5) 
provides epidemiological and laboratory expertise and technical support 
to other NCs, collaborators, and partners across center working groups 
on vaccines and other prevention strategies; (6) supports the 
development of vaccine practices and policies by providing consultation 
and epidemiologic and laboratory expertise to other federal agencies, 
state health departments, ministries of health, WHO, PAHO, private 
industry, academia and other governmental organizations on viral 
vaccine preventable diseases, and on the use of vaccines and other 
measures to prevent infections; (7) provides laboratory consultation 
and support and/or participates in investigations of national and 
international outbreaks of viral vaccine preventable diseases and 
recommends appropriate control measures; (8) assists internal and 
external partners on other public health problems of national and 
international significance; (9) provides scientific leadership and 
advice, analyzes available data, and develops science-based statements 
for viral vaccines to the ACIP and other groups to support the 
development and evaluation of immunization practices and policies in 
the U.S and internationally; (10) responsible for human papilloma virus 
(HPV), measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), domestic polio, zoster, and 
varicella vaccine policy in the United States by working with ACIP; 
(11) provides and supports public health training; (12) responds to 
public inquires and prepares communication materials; (13) works with 
health economists to determine cost effectiveness of vaccination 
strategies; (14) provides laboratory support for surveillance and 
epidemiologic studies and maintains reference and diagnostic services 
and expertise; (15) assists in investigation of adverse events 
following vaccination; (16) conducts studies of immunology and 
pathogenesis of disease and the biological, biochemical, genetic, and 
antigenic characteristics of viral agents; (17) develops, evaluates, 
and improves diagnostic methods and reagents; (17) transfers assays and 
techniques to other public health laboratories; (18) provides and 
supports laboratory training; (19) serves as the National Reference 
Laboratory for MMR, and varicella zoster virus and the PAHO Regional 
and WHO Global Specialized Laboratory for measles and rubella; and (20) 
works closely with the laboratory that handles HPV to define and 
conduct epidemiologic investigations.
    Viral Gastroenteritis Branch (CVGEE) (1) Provides epidemiologic and 
laboratory assistance studies and related activities to better 
understand the evolution, (molecular) epidemiology and immunity of 
rotavirus, norovirus and other gastroenteritis viruses; (2) provides 
consultation on the safety and impact of rotavirus vaccination and 
other prevention programs (rotavirus, norovirus); (3) provides 
consultation and technical assistance to state and local health 
departments to monitor the burden of disease and epidemiology of 
gastroenteritis virus infections (rotavirus, norovirus); (4) provides 
consultation and support on the research and development of new 
rotavirus vaccines and other prevention technologies; (5) provides 
consultation and support and/or participates in investigations of 
national and international outbreaks of viral vaccine preventable and 
other enteric viral diseases, and recommends appropriate control 
measures; (6) provides scientific leadership and advice, analyzes 
available data, and develops science-based statements for rotavirus 
vaccines to the ACIP and other groups to support the development and 
evaluation of

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immunization practices and policies in the U.S and internationally; (7) 
provides and supports public health training; (8) responds to and 
assists internal and external partners on other public health problems 
of national and international significance, as needed; (9) serves as 
the National Reference Laboratory (rotavirus and norovirus) and other 
agents of viral gastroenteritis; and (10) serves as the WHO Global 
Reference Center for Rotavirus and other agents of viral 
gastroenteritis.

Sherri Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                measures; (5) provides scientific                     diseases and viral immunization
                                                HUMAN SERVICES                                          leadership and advice, analyzes                       programs; (10) guides and facilitates
                                                                                                        available data, and develops science-                 efficient coordination and cooperation
                                                Centers for Disease Control and                         based statements for viral vaccines to                for administrative, programmatic, and
                                                Prevention                                              the Advisory Committee on                             scientific activities within the division
                                                                                                        Immunization Practices (ACIP) and                     and with other groups inside and
                                                Statement of Organization, Functions,                   other groups to support the                           outside of CDC; and (11) provides
                                                and Delegations of Authority                            development and evaluation of                         division leadership, expertise, and
                                                   Part C (Centers for Disease Control                  immunization practices and policies                   technical collaboration for the
                                                and Prevention) of the Statement of                     domestically and internationally; (6)                 application of statistics, economics,
                                                Organization, Functions, and                            provides laboratory support for                       operations research, geography, other
                                                Delegations of Authority of the                         surveillance and epidemiologic studies                quantitative sciences, and data
                                                Department of Health and Human                          and maintains reference/diagnostic                    management to prevent disease,
                                                Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated                         services and expertise; (7) conducts                  disability and death through
                                                October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR                studies of immunology and                             immunization and control of
                                                69296, October 20, 1980, as amended                     pathogenesis of disease and the biology,              respiratory, enteric, and related viral
                                                most recently at 81 FR 84583–84591,                     biochemical, genetic and antigenic                    diseases.
                                                                                                        characteristics of the agents; (8)                       Analysis and Data Management
                                                dated November 23, 2016) is amended
                                                                                                        develops, evaluates, and improves                     Activity (CVGE12). (1) Coordinates
                                                to reflect the reorganization of the
                                                                                                        diagnostic methods and reagents, and                  quantitative science and data
                                                Division of Viral Diseases, National                                                                          management planning, policy
                                                Center for Immunization and                             transfers assays and techniques to other
                                                                                                        public health laboratories; (9) facilitates           development, and project monitoring
                                                Respiratory Diseases, Office of                                                                               and evaluation; (2) designs and
                                                Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease                 and participates in the development and
                                                                                                        evaluation of antiviral compounds,                    develops statistical, economic, cost,
                                                Control and Prevention.                                                                                       resource allocation, geospatial and data
                                                   Section C–B, Organization and                        vaccines, and vaccination programs;
                                                                                                        (10) provides and supports public                     management strategies, models, and
                                                Functions, is hereby amended as                                                                               methodologies in the public health
                                                follows:                                                health training; (11) responds to and
                                                                                                        assists internal and external partners on             arena; and (3) collaborates with
                                                   Delete and replace the title and the                                                                       scientists, program experts, and senior
                                                mission and function statements for the                 other public health problems of national
                                                                                                        and international significance, as                    public health officials throughout the
                                                Division of Viral Disease (CVGE) and                                                                          division to implement these strategies,
                                                insert the following:                                   needed; (12) provides technical support
                                                                                                        to state immunization programs for all                models, and methodologies in support
                                                   Division of Viral Disease (CVGE). The                                                                      of respiratory, enteric and related viral
                                                Division of Viral Diseases (DVD)                        aspects of vaccine-preventable diseases
                                                                                                        and their vaccines; (13) provides                     diseases surveillance and prevention
                                                prevents disease, disability, and death                                                                       studies, prevention resource allocation
                                                through immunization and by control of                  leadership in vaccine science; and (14)
                                                                                                        supports CDC’s Immunization Safety                    issues, and prevention program
                                                respiratory, enteric, and related viral                                                                       activities.
                                                diseases. In carrying out this mission,                 Office in vaccine safety risk assessment
                                                                                                                                                                 Respiratory Viruses Branch (CVGEB).
                                                the DVD: (1) Conducts surveillance and                  and leadership in vaccine safety risk
                                                                                                                                                              (1) Conducts surveillance, laboratory
                                                related activities; supports and provides               management.
                                                                                                                                                              assistance, and related activities, and
                                                technical assistance to state and local                    Office of the Director (CVGE1). (1)                supports and provides technical
                                                health departments to conduct                           Manages, directs, and coordinates the                 assistance to state and local health
                                                surveillance and related activities to                  activities of the division; (2) provides              departments to conduct surveillance
                                                monitor the impact of vaccination and                   leadership and guidance in policy                     and related activities to monitor the
                                                other prevention programs; and                          formulation, program planning and                     impact of prevention programs, and
                                                determine patterns of infection and                     development, program management,                      determine patterns of infection and
                                                disease; (2) conducts epidemiologic and                 and operations of the division; (3)                   disease; (2) conducts and provides
                                                laboratory studies to define patterns of,               identifies needs and resources for                    laboratory support and expertise for
                                                and risk factors for, infection, disease,               ongoing and new initiatives and assigns               epidemiologic and laboratory studies to
                                                and disease burden; estimates vaccine                   responsibilities for their development;               define patterns of and risk factors for
                                                effectiveness, determines cost                          (4) prepares, reviews, and coordinates                infection, disease, and disease burden;
                                                effectiveness of vaccines, and evaluates                informational, scientific, and                        (3) provides epidemiology and
                                                other aspects of immunization practices;                programmatic documents; (5) oversees                  laboratory consultation and support
                                                identifies and evaluates non-vaccine                    the division’s activities and                         and/or participates in investigations of
                                                prevention strategies; and provides                     expenditures; (6) assures the overall                 national and international outbreaks of
                                                epidemiological and laboratory                          quality of the science conducted by the               viral respiratory diseases, and
                                                expertise to other Nation Centers (NCs),                division; (7) provides overall guidance               recommends appropriate control
                                                collaborators, and partners on vaccine                  and direction for the division’s                      measures; (4) provides scientific, both
                                                and other prevention strategies; (3)                    surveillance, research, and other                     epidemiologic and laboratory,
                                                provides consultation on viral vaccine                  scientific and immunization activities;               leadership and advice; (5) analyzes
                                                preventable, respiratory, and enteric                   (8) provides overall guidance and                     available data, and develops science-
                                                diseases, and the use of vaccines and                   direction for division’s epidemiologic,
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                                                                                                                                                              based statements for potential
                                                other measures to prevent infections; (4)               laboratory, and outbreak response                     respiratory viral vaccines to the ACIP
                                                provides consultation and support and/                  capacity and activities; (9) oversees and             and other groups to support the
                                                or participates in investigations of                    facilitates the division’s scientific                 development and evaluation of
                                                national and international outbreaks of                 support to other groups within CDC, the               immunization practices and policies in
                                                viral vaccine preventable and other                     national and international healthcare,                the U.S and internationally; (6) provides
                                                respiratory and enteric viral diseases,                 and public health communities                         and supports public health training; (7)
                                                and recommends appropriate control                      regarding viral respiratory and enteric               responds to and assists internal and


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                                                external partners on other public health                studies of immunology and                             the ACIP and other groups to support
                                                problems of national and international                  pathogenesis of disease and the biology,              the development and evaluation of
                                                significance, as needed; (8) provides                   biochemical, genetic, and antigenic                   immunization practices and policies in
                                                laboratory support for surveillance and                 characteristics of the agents; (12)                   the U.S and internationally; (10)
                                                epidemiologic studies and maintains                     develops, evaluates, and improves                     responsible for human papilloma virus
                                                reference/diagnostic services and                       diagnostic methods and reagents,                      (HPV), measles, mumps, rubella (MMR),
                                                expertise; (9) conducts studies of                      transfers assays and techniques to                    domestic polio, zoster, and varicella
                                                immunology and pathogenesis of                          national and international public health              vaccine policy in the United States by
                                                disease and the biology, biochemical,                   laboratories, and provides and supports               working with ACIP; (11) provides and
                                                genetic, and antigenic characteristics of               training for laboratorians; (13) facilitates          supports public health training; (12)
                                                the agents; (10) develops, evaluates, and               and participates in the development and               responds to public inquires and
                                                improves diagnostic methods and                         evaluation of antiviral compounds,                    prepares communication materials; (13)
                                                reagents, and transfers assays and                      vaccines, and vaccination programs;                   works with health economists to
                                                techniques to other public health                       (14) responds to and assists internal and             determine cost effectiveness of
                                                laboratories and provides and supports                  external partners on other public health              vaccination strategies; (14) provides
                                                laboratory training; (11) facilitates and               problems of national and international                laboratory support for surveillance and
                                                participates in the development and                     significance as needed; and (15) serves               epidemiologic studies and maintains
                                                evaluation of antiviral compounds,                      as the National Reference Laboratory                  reference and diagnostic services and
                                                vaccines, and vaccination programs; and                 (poliovirus and enteroviruses), World                 expertise; (15) assists in investigation of
                                                (12) responds to and assists internal and               Health Organization (WHO)                             adverse events following vaccination;
                                                external partners on other public health                Collaborating Center for Poliovirus and               (16) conducts studies of immunology
                                                problems of national and international                  Enteroviruses Virus Reference and                     and pathogenesis of disease and the
                                                significance as needed.                                 Research, and WHO Global Specialized                  biological, biochemical, genetic, and
                                                   Polio and Picornavirus Laboratory                    Polio Reference Laboratory.                           antigenic characteristics of viral agents;
                                                Branch (CVGEC). (1) Provides laboratory                    Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases                 (17) develops, evaluates, and improves
                                                assistance, technical expertise and                     Branch (CVGED). (1) Conducts                          diagnostic methods and reagents; (17)
                                                support for surveillance and related                    surveillance, provides laboratory                     transfers assays and techniques to other
                                                activities to monitor impact of                         assistance, technical expertise, and                  public health laboratories; (18) provides
                                                vaccination and other prevention                        support for surveillance and related                  and supports laboratory training; (19)
                                                programs, and determine patterns of                     activities to monitor the impact of                   serves as the National Reference
                                                infection and disease; (2) provides                     vaccination on the prevention of viral                Laboratory for MMR, and varicella
                                                laboratory support and technical                        disease and to determine patterns of                  zoster virus and the PAHO Regional and
                                                expertise for epidemiologic and                         infection and disease; (2) conducts                   WHO Global Specialized Laboratory for
                                                laboratory studies to define patterns and               epidemiologic and laboratory studies to               measles and rubella; and (20) works
                                                risk factors for infection, disease, and                define patterns of and risk factors for               closely with the laboratory that handles
                                                disease burden; (3) studies vaccine-                    infection, disease, and disease burden;               HPV to define and conduct
                                                related issues; (4) identifies and                      (3) estimates vaccine effectiveness,                  epidemiologic investigations.
                                                evaluate non-vaccine prevention                         evaluates other aspects of immunization                  Viral Gastroenteritis Branch (CVGEE)
                                                strategies; (5) provides laboratory                     practices; (4) identifies and evaluates               (1) Provides epidemiologic and
                                                consultation and technical expertise                    non-vaccine prevention strategies; (5)                laboratory assistance studies and related
                                                regarding use of vaccines and other                     provides epidemiological and laboratory               activities to better understand the
                                                measures to prevent infections to other                 expertise and technical support to other              evolution, (molecular) epidemiology
                                                NCs, collaborators, and partners; (6)                   NCs, collaborators, and partners across               and immunity of rotavirus, norovirus
                                                provides laboratory consultation and                    center working groups on vaccines and                 and other gastroenteritis viruses; (2)
                                                support and/or participates in                          other prevention strategies; (6) supports             provides consultation on the safety and
                                                investigations of national and                          the development of vaccine practices                  impact of rotavirus vaccination and
                                                international outbreaks of viral vaccine                and policies by providing consultation                other prevention programs (rotavirus,
                                                preventable and other respiratory and                   and epidemiologic and laboratory                      norovirus); (3) provides consultation
                                                enteric viral diseases; (7) provides                    expertise to other federal agencies, state            and technical assistance to state and
                                                laboratory leadership and technical                     health departments, ministries of health,             local health departments to monitor the
                                                expertise to develop science-based                      WHO, PAHO, private industry,                          burden of disease and epidemiology of
                                                statements to Global Polio Eradication                  academia and other governmental                       gastroenteritis virus infections
                                                Initiative, the ACIP, and other groups to               organizations on viral vaccine                        (rotavirus, norovirus); (4) provides
                                                support the development and evaluation                  preventable diseases, and on the use of               consultation and support on the
                                                of immunization practices and policies                  vaccines and other measures to prevent                research and development of new
                                                in the U.S and internationally; (8)                     infections; (7) provides laboratory                   rotavirus vaccines and other prevention
                                                provides epidemiology and laboratory                    consultation and support and/or                       technologies; (5) provides consultation
                                                consultation and support and/or                         participates in investigations of national            and support and/or participates in
                                                participates in investigations of national              and international outbreaks of viral                  investigations of national and
                                                and international outbreaks of viral                    vaccine preventable diseases and                      international outbreaks of viral vaccine
                                                respiratory diseases, and recommends                    recommends appropriate control                        preventable and other enteric viral
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                                                appropriate control measures; (9)                       measures; (8) assists internal and                    diseases, and recommends appropriate
                                                provides scientific, both epidemiologic                 external partners on other public health              control measures; (6) provides scientific
                                                and laboratory, leadership and advice;                  problems of national and international                leadership and advice, analyzes
                                                (10) provides laboratory support for                    significance; (9) provides scientific                 available data, and develops science-
                                                surveillance and epidemiologic studies                  leadership and advice, analyzes                       based statements for rotavirus vaccines
                                                and maintains reference/diagnostic                      available data, and develops science-                 to the ACIP and other groups to support
                                                services and expertise; (11) conducts                   based statements for viral vaccines to                the development and evaluation of


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                                                immunization practices and policies in                  development of strategic goals,                       based laboratory training, fellowships,
                                                the U.S and internationally; (7) provides               objectives, and milestones to advance                 and education; (4) engages agency and
                                                and supports public health training; (8)                the vision and mission of the Division                laboratory community experts to
                                                responds to and assists internal and                    of Laboratory Systems (DLS), the Center               collaboratively assess and develop
                                                external partners on other public health                for Surveillance Epidemiology and                     effective training products to maintain a
                                                problems of national and international                  Laboratory Services (CSELS), and CDC;                 competent, prepared, and sustainable
                                                significance, as needed; (9) serves as the              (2) ensures optimal planning and                      national and global laboratory
                                                National Reference Laboratory (rotavirus                allocation of resources to achieve                    workforce; (5) designs and implements
                                                and norovirus) and other agents of viral                program objectives, conducts                          training pertaining to clinical and
                                                gastroenteritis; and (10) serves as the                 management and operations analyses,                   public health laboratory methodology,
                                                WHO Global Reference Center for                         and oversees required reporting; (3)                  technology, quality and safety and
                                                Rotavirus and other agents of viral                     provides administrative management                    practice for public health, clinical, CDC,
                                                gastroenteritis.                                        support, advice, and guidance to DLS                  and other federal agency laboratory
                                                                                                        regarding administrative policies, fiscal             professionals; and (6) evaluates the
                                                Sherri Berger,
                                                                                                        management, property management,                      efficiency and effectiveness of public
                                                Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
                                                                                                        human resources, and travel; (4) leads                health laboratory education and
                                                Control and Prevention.
                                                                                                        coordination and stewardship of DLS                   training, including measuring the
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–26150 Filed 12–4–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        procurement, grants, cooperative                      outcomes of all training to ensure the
                                                BILLING CODE 4160–18–P
                                                                                                        agreements, materials management,                     effective transfer of knowledge and
                                                                                                        interagency agreements, and extramural                skills to improved laboratory practice.
                                                                                                        resources; (5) fosters collaborations and                Quality and Safety Systems Branch
                                                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                        cross-cutting activities with other CDC               (CPNBD). (1) Develops, promotes,
                                                HUMAN SERVICES
                                                                                                        components and external organizations                 implements, and evaluates intervention
                                                Centers for Disease Control and                         to support the mission, activities, and               strategies to improve quality and safety
                                                Prevention                                              operations of DLS; (6) enhances internal              in clinical and public health laboratory
                                                                                                        and external partnerships and partner/                systems; (2) provides scientific and
                                                Statement of Organization, Functions,                   stakeholder communication; (7)                        technical support for the Clinical
                                                and Delegations of Authority                            provides leadership in evaluating and                 Laboratory Improvement Amendments
                                                                                                        improving program performance,                        (CLIA) program to assure the quality,
                                                   Part C (Centers for Disease Control                  monitoring progress and
                                                and Prevention) of the Statement of                                                                           including safety, of clinical and public
                                                                                                        accomplishments to ensure that                        health laboratory testing nationwide; (3)
                                                Organization, Functions, and                            programmatic goals are achieved with
                                                Delegations of Authority of the                                                                               facilitates and conducts studies to
                                                                                                        measurable impact; (8) manages issues,                provide scientific evidence and assess
                                                Department of Health and Human                          policy development, and tracks
                                                Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated                                                                               the impact of CLIA regulations and
                                                                                                        regulatory and legislative activities; (9)            voluntary guidelines for laboratory
                                                October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR                manages CDC Specimen Policy Board
                                                69296, October 20, 1980, as amended                                                                           quality and safety; (4) provides expertise
                                                                                                        and the CDC/ATSDR Specimen                            and guidance in the development or
                                                most recently at 81 FR 84583–84591,                     Packaging, Inventory, and Repository
                                                dated November 23, 2016) is amended                                                                           revision of CLIA technical standards
                                                                                                        (CASPIR) Advisory Committee; (10)                     and voluntary guidelines for laboratory
                                                to reflect the reorganization of the                    collaborates with leadership of the
                                                Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology                                                                         quality and safety, especially in light of
                                                                                                        Centers for Medicare & Medicaid                       new and evolving laboratory technology
                                                and Laboratory Services, Office of                      Services (CMS) and the Food and Drug
                                                Public Health Preparedness and                                                                                and practices; (5) develops,
                                                                                                        Administration (FDA) in advancement                   disseminates, promotes, and evaluates
                                                Response, Centers for Disease Control                   of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
                                                and Prevention.                                                                                               the impact of educational materials to
                                                                                                        Amendments (CLIA) program and                         support the understanding of and
                                                   Section C–B, Organization and
                                                                                                        oversees CDC responsibilities therein;                compliance with CLIA regulations and
                                                Functions, is hereby amended as
                                                                                                        (11) provides scientific oversight for                voluntary quality and safety guidelines;
                                                follows:
                                                   Delete in its entirety the title for the             DLS, performing scientific review and                 (6) hosts and manages the Clinical
                                                Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology                   clearance for DLS publications,                       Laboratory Improvement Advisory
                                                and Laboratory Service (CPN) and insert                 presentations, and reports; (12) provides             Committee (CLIAC) and its workgroups
                                                the following title which includes the                  DLS communications, Web support,                      on behalf of a tri-agency partnership
                                                Oxford comma: Center for Surveillance,                  responses to media requests, and                      among CDC, CMS, and FDA; (7)
                                                Epidemiology, and Laboratory Service                    communication outreach efforts; and                   provides information to the laboratory
                                                (CPN).                                                  (13) coordinates requests from other                  medicine and public health
                                                   Delete in its entirety the title and the             CDC programs for international                        communities, as well as policy makers,
                                                mission and function statements for the                 technical assistance among DLS                        regarding the interpretation and
                                                Division of Laboratory Systems (CPNB)                   capabilities.                                         application of the CLIA technical
                                                and insert the following:                                  Training and Workforce Development                 standards and other issues of laboratory
                                                   Division of Laboratory Systems                       Branch (CPNBC). (1) Provides                          quality and safety; (8) provides
                                                (CPNB). The mission of the Division of                  leadership and support of laboratory                  technical assistance in the review of
                                                                                                        workforce through initiatives that                    laboratory accreditation and state
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                                                Laboratory Systems (DLS) is to
                                                strengthen the nation’s clinical and                    strengthen recruitment, retention,                    licensure programs, and CLIA-approved
                                                public health laboratory system by                      management, and training; (2) supports                proficiency testing programs; (9)
                                                continually improving quality and                       the development, promotion, adoption,                 facilitates and supports collaborations
                                                safety, informatics and data science, and               and implementation of competencies                    with federal partners and other
                                                workforce competency.                                   relevant to the laboratory workforce; (3)             stakeholders (including other CDC
                                                   Office of the Director (CPNB1). (1)                  develops frameworks, models, and                      programs upon request) for the
                                                Provides leadership and guidance on                     resources that support competency-                    exchange of information about


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation82 FR 57455 

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