[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30217]


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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 C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organizations, 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 65 FR 68144, dated November 14, 2000) is 
amended to revise the functional statement of the Division for AIDS, 
STD, and TB Laboratory Research (DASTLR), National Center of Infections 
(NCID).
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete the functional statement for the Division of AIDS, STD and 
TB Laboratory Research (HCRN) and insert the following:
    Division of AIDS, STD and TB Laboratory Research (HCRN). (1) 
Develops and evaluates laboratory methods and procedures for the 
diagnosis and characterization of infections caused by human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other retroviruses, other sexually 
transmitted diseases (STDs), and mycobacteria including Mycobacterium 
tuberculosis; (2) provides laboratory support for the surveillance, 
epidemiologic, and clinical activities of the National Center for HIV, 
STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP); (3) conducts applied research on the 
pathogenesis of and the immune mechanisms that occur in microbial 
infections; (4) conducts laboratory studies of hemophilia and other 
coagulating disorders; (5) provides reference laboratory services and 
assists in standardizing and providing laboratory reagents; (6) serves 
as a World Health Organization Collaborating Center; (7) conducts 
epidemiologic studies of HIV-infected and uninfected persons with 
hemophilia and their families; (8) assists in designing, implementing, 
and evaluating prevention and counseling programs for HIV-infected 
persons with hemophilia and their families; and (9) coordinates 
research on opportunistic infections occurring in HIV-infected persons.

    Dated: November 15, 2000.
Jeffrey P. Koplan,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-30217 Filed 11-27-00; 8:45 am]
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