[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32160-32161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15033]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Chapter HC (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 60 FR 17792-17795, dated April 7, 1995) is 
amended to reflect the merger of the Division of Training and Manpower 
Development and the Division of Standards Development and Technology 
Transfer, and the establishment of the Education and Information 
Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
    Section HC-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the functional statement for the Health Effects Laboratory 
Division (HCC3), insert the following:
    Education and Information Division (HCC4). (1) Develops from 
existing scientific and technical information documents containing (a) 
criteria for recommended occupational safety and health standards, and 
(b) technical and scientific information relevant to a variety of 
occupational safety and health issues; (2) develops recommended health 
and safety standards under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; (3) prepares 
and coordinates with the Office of the Director comments and testimony 
on regulations proposed by the Department of Labor and other 
departments or agencies that pertain to occupational diseases or 
injuries; (4) assists the Institute Director in establishing and 
operating a priority system for research, surveillance, document 
development, and recommended standards; (5) prepares and at least 
annually revises the legislatively mandated toxic substance list; (6) 
establishes and maintains a library and a clearinghouse for receiving, 
storing, retrieving, and disseminating technical information on 
occupational safety and health; (7) provides risk evaluations for NIOSH 
[[Page 32161]] policy recommendations; (8) develops and tests 
occupational safety and health training materials, technologies, 
strategies, and courses; (9) determines occupational safety and health 
workforce needs on a nationwide basis and develops strategies to meet 
those needs; (10) develops methods, through research, to evaluate and 
monitor the effectiveness of training, including program features, 
faculty, training methods, and outcome measures; (11) conducts the 
NIOSH summer intern training program for minority students; (12) serves 
as the NIOSH printing office; (13) provides graphic design and audio-
visual standards and support for the Institute; (14) serves as the 
NIOSH Docket Office; (15) evaluates in coordination with other 
divisions the economic and societal burden of occupationally induced 
diseases and injuries; (16) establishes and maintains the NIOSH 
archives; and (17) coordinates all relevant Division activities with 
the Office of the Director.
    Information Resources Branch (HCC42). (1) Operates the Institute's 
libraries for occupational safety and health information for use by 
occupational safety and health professionals; (2) acquires, 
disseminates, and coordinates scientific and technical information 
relating to occupational safety and health in support of Division 
activities and NIOSH research programs; (3) plans, implements, and 
coordinates dissemination activities for all NIOSH publications 
(printed and electronic); (4) verifies printing clearance for NIOSH 
publications within NIOSH/CDC procedures; (5) develops and manages the 
NIOSH exhibit program for professional meetings and conferees; (6) 
develops and maintains electronic data systems for the Institute to 
assess information; and (7) establishes and maintains the NIOSH 
archives.
    Risk Analysis and Document Development Branch (HCC43). (1) From 
existing scientific literature develops documents containing (a) 
criteria for recommended occupational safety and health standards, and 
(b) technical and scientific information relevant to a variety of 
occupational safety and health issues for the U.S. Department of Labor 
and other Federal agencies; (2) coordinates testimony in response to 
the Department of Labor, Environmental Protection Agency, and other 
Federal and State agencies' rulemaking; (3) incorporates recommended 
work practices, engineering controls, and available evidence of 
technological feasibility into documents and testimony; (4) analyzes 
the economics of occupational safety and health interventions; (5) 
maintains the NIOSH Docket Office; (6) coordinates scientific review of 
NIOSH policy documents and testimony; (7) conducts risk analyses and 
develops risk profiles; (8) researches and develops new quantitative 
risk assessment methodologies; (9) assists the Director of NIOSH in 
establishing a priority system for surveillance, research, document 
development, recommended standards, and training; (10) identifies 
information on worker exposures, hazard severity, potential for 
intervention, and advances in new technology; and (11) coordinates 
requests for policy and/or scientific review of internationally 
produced documents.
    Training and Educational Systems Branch (HCC44). (1) Develops, 
through research and evaluation, training resources in industrial 
hygiene, safety, occupational medicine, nursing, and allied 
professions; (2) collaborates on cooperative training programs with 
qualified outside organizations; (3) determines strategies for and 
advises on occupational safety and health workforce needs on a 
nationwide basis; (4) defines and evaluates selected workforce 
certification/accreditation programs; (5) establishes career 
development guidelines for training of employers and employees in the 
prevention of injuries and diseases; (6) provides graphic design and 
audio-visual standards and support for the Institute; (7) consults and 
advises NIOSH professionals on presentation techniques and selection of 
media; and (8) consults on workforce development.
    Delete in their entirety the titles and functional statements for 
the Division of Training and Manpower Development (HCC9) and the 
Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer (HCCC).

    Dated: June 9, 1995.
David Satcher,
Director.
[FR Doc. 95-15033 Filed 6-19-95; 8:45 am]
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