[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34550-34551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16216]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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 retitle and modify the functional statements of 
the Division of HIV/AIDS and the Division of STD/HIV Prevention, 
National Center for Prevention Services.
    Delete the title and functional statement for the Division of STD/
HIV Prevention (HCM4) and insert the following:
    Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention (HCM4). (1) In 
cooperation with other CDC components, administers operational programs 
for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD); (2) provides 
consultation, training, statistical, promotional, educational, 
epidemiological and other technical services to assist State and local 
health departments in the planning, development, implementation, 
evaluation and overall improvement of STD prevention programs; (3) 
supports a nationwide framework for effective surveillance of STDs 
other than HIV; (4) conducts behavioral, clinical, epidemiological, 
preventive health services, and operational research into factors 
affecting the prevention and control of STD; (5) provides leadership 
and coordinates, in collaboration with other Center components, 
research and prevention activities that focus on STD and HIV 
interaction; (6) promotes linkages between health department STD 
programs and other governmental and nongovernmental partners who are 
vital to effective STD prevention efforts; (7) provides technical 
supervision for Division State and local assignees.
    Delete the title and functional statement for the Division of HIV/
AIDS(HCM7) and insert the following:
    Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (HCM7). (1) In cooperation with 
other CDC components, administers operational programs for the 
prevention of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency 
syndrome (HIV/AIDS); (2) provides consultation, training, statistical, 
promotional, educational, epidemiological, and other technical services 
to assist State and local health departments, as well as national, 
State, and local nongovernmental organizations, in the planning, 
development, implementation, and overall improvement of HIV prevention 
programs; (3) conducts epidemiologic, surveillance, behavioral, 
etiologic, communications, and operational research into factors 
affecting the prevention of HIV/AIDS; (4) develops recommendations and 
guidelines on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and associated illnesses; (5) 
monitors sentinel surveillance of HIV infection and infectious diseases 
and other complications of HIV/AIDS, as well as surveillance of risk 
behaviors associated with HIV transmission; (6) conducts national and 
international HIV/AIDS 

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surveillance, epidemiologic investigations, and studies to determine 
risk factors and transmission patterns of HIV/AIDS; (7) evaluates 
prevention and control activities in collaboration with other CDC 
components; (8) provides assistance and consultation on issues related 
to epidemiology surveillance, programmatic support, research, 
evaluation methodologies, and fiscal and grants management to State and 
local health departments, nongovernmental organizations, national 
organizations, and other research institutions; (9) promotes linkages 
between health department HIV/AIDS programs and other governmental and 
nongovernmental partners who are vital to effective HIV/AIDS prevention 
efforts; (10) provides consultation to other PHS agencies, medical 
institutions, private physicians, and international organizations or 
agencies; (11) provides information to the scientific community and the 
general public through publications and presentations; (12) works 
closely with National Center for Infectious Diseases on HIV/AIDS 
surveillance and epidemiologic investigations that require laboratory 
collaboration, and on activities related to the investigation and 
prevention of HIV-related to the investigation and prevention of HIV-
related opportunistic infections; (13) implements national HIV/AIDS 
prevention communications programs and develops strategic 
communications activities and services at the national level to inform 
and educate the American public about HIV/AIDS surveillance and 
prevention activities.

    Dated: June 14, 1995.
Martha Katz,
Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 95-16216 Filed 6-30-95; 8:45 am]
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