[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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