[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10232]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ 
Transplantation.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the 
second meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation 
(ACOT), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The meeting will 
be held from approximately 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 30, 2002, and from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 31, 2002, at the Hotel Washington, Pennsylvania 
Avenue at 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004. The meeting will be 
open to the public; however, seating is limited and pre-registration is 
encouraged (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. section 
217a, section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and 42 
CFR 121.12 (2000), the ACOT was established to assist the Secretary in 
enhancing organ donation, ensuring that the system of organ 
transplantation is grounded in the best available medical science, and 
assuring the public that the system is as effective and equitable as 
possible, and, thereby, increasing public confidence in the integrity 
and effectiveness of the transplantation system. The ACOT is composed 
of 41 members, including the Chair. Members are serving as Special 
Government Employees and have diverse backgrounds in fields such as 
organ donation, health care public policy, transplantation medicine and 
surgery, critical care medicine and other medical specialties involved 
in the identification and referral of donors, non-physician transplant 
professions, nursing, epidemiology, immunology, law and bioethics, 
behavioral sciences, economics and statistics, as well as 
representatives of transplant candidates, transplant recipients, organ 
donors, and family members.
    The ACOT will hear and discuss reports from the following ACOT 
subcommittees: Kidney/Pancreas Allocation Review; Heart/Lung Allocation 
Review; Liver Allocation Review; Educating and Recognizing Actual and 
Potential Donors; Improving Systemic Performance [The Law]; Improving 
Systemic Performance [The Professions]; Meeting the Needs of 
Multicultural Populations; and Clinical Issues, including Alternative 
Organ Sources.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on May 15 on the 
Division of Transplantation's website http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot/whatsnew.htm or the Department's donation website at http://www.organdonor.gov/news.htm.
    A registration form is available on the Division of 
Transplantation's website: http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot/whatsnew.htm or 
the Department's donation website at http://www.organdonor.gov/news.htm. The completed registration form should be submitted by 
facsimile to McFarland and Associates, Inc., the logistical support 
contractor for the meeting, at FAX number (301) 589-2567. Individuals 
without access to the Internet who wish to register may call Verna 
Robinson with McFarland and Associates, Inc., at 301-562-5326. 
Individuals who plan to attend the meeting and need special assistance, 
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify the ACOT Executive Director, Jack Kress, 
in advance of the meeting. Mr. Kress may be reached by telephone at 
301-443-8653, by e-mail at: [email protected], or in writing at the 
address of the Division of Transplantation provided below. Management 
and support services for ACOT functions are provided by the Division of 
Transplantation, Office of Special Programs, HRSA, Room 7C-22, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone 301-
443-7577.
    After the presentation of the subcommittee reports, members of the 
public will have an opportunity to provide comments on the subcommittee 
reports. Because of the Committee's full agenda and the time frame in 
which to cover the agenda topics, public comment will be limited. All 
public comments will be included in the record of the ACOT meeting.

    Dated: April 19, 2002.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-10232 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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