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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
[GN# 2279]

 

Request for Nominations for Voting Members on National Vaccine 
Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Public Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is 
requesting nominations to fill five vacancies on the National Vaccine 
Advisory Committee. The Committee advises the National Vaccine Program 
and was established by Title XXI, Subtitle I, Sec. 2105 of the Public 
Health Service Act, as amended by Pub. L. 99-660, The National Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 300AA-1 et seq.).

DATES: Nominations are to be submitted by November 14, 1994.

ADDRESSES: All nominations for membership should be sent to Jeannette 
R. De Lawter (address below).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeannette R. De Lawter, Committee Management Specialist, National 
Vaccine Advisory Committee, National Vaccine Program, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health, Rockwall II Building, Suite 1075, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; Telephone Number: (301) 594-2277; 
Fax number: (301) 594-2999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Vaccine Program is requesting 
nominations of voting members for five vacancies on the National 
Vaccine Advisory Committee. Nominated individuals should have expertise 
in vaccine research or the manufacture of vaccines, or should be 
physicians, members of parent organizations concerned with 
immunization, representatives of State or local health agencies, or 
public health organizations. Members will be invited to serve four-year 
terms.
    The National Vaccine Advisory Committee (1) Studies and recommends 
ways to encourage the availability of an adequate supply of safe and 
effective vaccination products in the United States, (2) recommends 
research priorities and other measures the Director of the Program 
should take to enhance the safety and efficacy of vaccines, (3) advises 
the Director of the Program in the implementation of sections 2102, 
2103, and 2104 of the Public Health Service Act, and (4) identifies 
annually for the Director of the Program the most important areas of 
government and nongovernment cooperation that should be considered in 
implementing these sections.
    In keeping with normal departmental policy, nominees generally 
should not currently be serving on another DHHS advisory committee, 
although exceptions will be considered.

NOMINATION PROCEDURES: Any interested person may nominate one or more 
qualified persons for membership on the National Vaccine Advisory 
Committee. The nominee should be aware of the nomination, willing to 
serve as a member of the committee, and appear to have no conflict of 
interest that would preclude committee membership. A curriculum vitae 
of the nominee should be submitted with the nomination.

    Dated: October 3, 1994.
Chester A. Robinson,
Acting Director, National Vaccine Program Office.
[FR Doc. 94-25036 Filed 10-7-94; 8:45 am]
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