[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 247 (Friday, December 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80895-80896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32750]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC): 
Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting.

    Name: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 7, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-3:30 
p.m., February 8, 2001.
    Place: Doubletree Hotel Atlanta Buckhead, 3342 Peachtree Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30326. Phone: 404/231-1234.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing scientific and 
technical advice and guidance to the Secretary of

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Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for Health and 
Surgeon General, and the Director, CDC, regarding the need for, and the 
nature of, revisions to the standards under which clinical laboratories 
are regulated; the impact on medical and laboratory practice of 
proposed revisions to the standards; and the modification of the 
standards to accommodate technological advances.
    Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will include a discussion on 
waived testing and status of the process for making waiver 
determinations, a workgroup report on genetic testing, and updates from 
CDC, Food and Drug Administration and Health Care Financing 
Administration.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Rhonda Whalen, Chief, 
Laboratory Practice Standards Branch, Division of Laboratory Systems, 
Public Health Practice Program Office, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/
S F-11, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-8042, fax 770/
488-8279.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.


    Dated: December 18, 2000.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-32750 Filed 12-21-00; 8:45 am]
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