[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23377]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Notice of Two Meetings of the National Bioethics Advisory 
Commission (NBAC): One Each of its Genetics and Human Subjects 
Subcommittees

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is given of two meetings 
of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. Commission members will 
solicit testimony on the protection of the rights and welfare of human 
subjects in research including decisionally and/or cognitively impaired 
populations and will address the use of genetic information involved in 
tissue storage. The meetings are open to the public and opportunities 
for statements by the public will be provided.

Dates/Times/Locations:

Human Subjects Subcommittee
September 18, 1997, 8:15 am-5:30 pm, (9:00 am-12 noon public hearing)--
National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, 6th 
Floor, Conference Room 10, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Genetics Subcommittee
September 18, 1997, 3:00 pm-5:30 pm--National Institutes of Health, 
9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, 6th Floor, Conference Room 9, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
September 19, 1997, 8:30 am-12:30 pm--Same Location as Above

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President established the National 
Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) by Executive Order 12975 on 
October 3, 1995. The mission of the NBAC is to advise and make 
recommendations to the National Science and Technology Council and 
other entities on bioethical issues arising from the research on human 
biology and behavior, and in the applications of that research 
including clinical applications.

Public Participation

    All meetings are open to the public with attendance limited by the 
availability of space. On September 18, 1997, the Human Subjects 
Subcommittee of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission will discuss 
possible guidelines for research involving decisionally or cognitively 
impaired subjects, and public testimony is invited on the ethical 
issues of such research. A public hearing will be held on ethical 
issues in research involving decisionally or cognitively impaired 
individuals from 9:00 am--12 noon on September 18, 1997. Members of the 
public who wish to present oral statements should contact the Deputy 
Executive Director of the NBAC by telephone, fax machine, or mail as 
shown below prior to the meeting as soon as possible. Individuals 
unable to make oral presentations are encouraged to mail or fax their 
comments to the NBAC staff office for distribution to the subcommittee 
members or Commission and inclusion in the public record.
    Persons needing special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other special accommodations, should contact NBAC 
staff at the address or telephone number listed below as soon as 
possible.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Henrietta D. Hyatt-Knorr, National 
Bioethics Advisory Commission, MSC-7508, 6100 Executive Boulevard, 
Suite 5B01, Rockville, Maryland 20892-7508, telephone 301-402-4242, fax 
number 301-480-6900.

    Dated: August 28, 1997.
Henrietta D. Hyatt-Knorr,
Deputy Executive Director, Acting, National Bioethics Advisory 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 97-23377 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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