[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63665-63666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26196]


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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 
third meeting of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation 
(ACOT), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The meeting will 
be held from approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on November 18, 2002, 
and from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on November 19, 2002, at the Sheraton 
National Hotel, 900 S. Orme Street, Arlington, Virginia 22204. The 
meeting will be open to the public; however, seating is limited and 
pre-registration is encouraged (see below).

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

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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; Education and Recognition of Donors; 
Improving Systemic Performance [The Law]; Improving Systemic 
Performance [The Professions]; Meeting the Needs of Multicultural 
Populations; and Clinical Issues.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on November 1 on the 
Division of Transplantation's Web site http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot/whatsnew.htm or the Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/news.htm.
    A registration form is available on the Division of 
Transplantation's Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot/whatsnew.htm or 
the Department's donation Web site 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 Paulette 
Wiggins with McFarland and Associates, Inc., at 301-562-5337. 
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 
number 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: October 7, 2002.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 02-26196 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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