Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Teleconference

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5862]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Teleconference

    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: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 
Teleconference.
    Time and Date: 4:15 p.m.-6 p.m. (EST), March 16, 1999.
    Place: The teleconference call will originate at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta,Georgia. Please see 
Supplementary Information for details on accessing the 
teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only 
by availability of telephone ports.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with advising the Director, 
CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In addition, 
under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 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.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The teleconference agenda will include 
a discussion on the ACIP 1999 Prevention and Control of Influenza 
recommendation, and a final decision from the committee members on 
acceptance of the recommendation for publication in the Morbidity 
and Mortality Reports and Recommendations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the 
teleconference, please dial 1/800/713-1971 and enter conference code 
497796. You will then be automatically connected to the call.
    Due to difficulties in scheduling this meeting, and the 
necessity to meet publication deadlines, this notice is being 
published less than 15 days prior to the teleconference.
    Contact Person for More Information: Gloria A. Kovach, Committee 
Management Specialist, CDC, 1600  Clifton  Road,  NE, m/s D50, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Telephone 404/639-7250.
    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.

    Dated: March 4, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-5862 Filed 3-5-99; 4:33 pm]
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