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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority; Public Health Service Order of Succession

    Part H, Public Health Service (PHS), Chapter H, of the Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (42 FR 61318, December 2, 
1977, as amended most recently in pertinent part at 55 FR 21116, May 
22, 1990) is further amended to revise Section H-30, Public Health 
Service--Order of Succession. This revision identifies the successor to 
head the Public Health Service in the absence of the Assistant 
Secretary for Health.

Public Health Service

    Under Chapter H, Section H-30, Public Health Service--Order of 
Succession, delete the statement in its entirety and substitute the 
following:
    During the absence or disability of the Assistant Secretary for 
Health, or if that position becomes vacant, the principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Health shall act as the Assistant Secretary for 
Health.
    During the vacancy, absence or disability of the Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Health, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Health (DASH) shall act as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Health (PDASH). During the vacancy, absence or disability of both the 
PDASH and the DASH, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health 
Management Operations shall act as the Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Health.
    The above order of succession also applies upon the activation of 
the Emergency Health and Human Services Plan upon the order of the 
Secretary.


    Dated: March 31, 1994.
Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-9192 Filed 4-15-94; 8:45 am]
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