[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24649]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of Alternative Medicine, Office of the Director; Notice of 
Meeting

    Pursuant to Pub. L.92-463, notice is hereby given of the meeting of 
the Alternative Medicine Program Advisory Council on September 24-25, 
1998 at the Doubletree Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
    The two-day meeting will be open to the public from 8:30 to 4:30 
p.m. on September 24 and 8:30 a.m. to adjournment on September 25, 
1998. Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. The 
purpose of the meeting will be to update and review the progress of the 
Office of Alternative Medicine and obtain Council's advice on research 
activities. Additional agenda items include: (1) a report on current AM 
initiatives; (2) future AM initiatives; (3) AM Cancer trials; and (4) 
other business of the Council.
    A public comment session is scheduled for September 25 from 10:15 
a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Only one representative of an organization may 
present oral comments. Each speaker will be permitted 5 minutes for 
their presentation. Interested indivdulas and representatives of 
organizations must submit a letter of intent to present comments and 
three (3) typewritten copies of the presentation, along with a brief 
description of the organization represented, to the attention of Dr. 
Geoffrey Cheung, Office of Alternative Medicine, NIH, 31 Center Drive, 
MSC 2182, Building 31, Room 5B37, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594-2013, 
FAX: (301) 594-6757. Letters of intent and copies of presentations must 
be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday September 18.
    Any person attending the meeting who does not request an 
opportunity to speak in advance of the meeting may be considered for 
oral presentation, if time permits, and at the discretion of the 
Chairperson.
    Ms. Odessa Colvin, Program Assistant, Office of Alternative 
Medicine, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2182, Building 31, Room 5B37, Bethesda, 
MD 20892, (301) 594-2013, will provide a summary of the meeting and a 
roster of Council members as well as substantive program information. 
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
contact Ms. Colvin no later than September 17, 1998.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the urgent need to meeting timing limitations imposed by 
the review and funding cycle.

    Dated: September 4, 1998.
Ms. Anna Snouffer,
Acting Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 98-24649 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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