[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2491]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Conference Call 
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 Federal advisory committee 
conference call meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
    Time and Date: 2 p.m.-2:30 p.m., Eastern Time, January 29, 2003.
    Place: The conference call will originate at the National 
Immunization Program (NIP), in Atlanta, Georgia. Please see 
``Supplementary Information'' for details on accessing the 
conference call.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the availability of 
telephone ports.
    Purpose: The Committee is charged with advising the Director, 
CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In addition, 
under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the Committee is mandated to establish and 
periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of vaccines 
for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the Vaccines 
for Children (VFC) program, along with schedules regarding the 
appropriate periodicity, dosage, and contraindications applicable to 
the vaccines.
    Matters to be Discussed: The Advisory Committee on Immunization 
Practices will convene by conference call to discuss the number of 
needle pricks to use when administering the smallpox vaccine.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This conference call is scheduled to begin 
at 2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the conference 
call, please dial 1-800-497-1934 and reference conference code 2978861. 
You will then be automatically connected to the call.
    As provided under 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), the public health urgency of 
this agency business requires that the meeting be held prior to the 
first available date for publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetria Gardner, Epidemiology and 
Surveillance Division, National Immunization Program, CDC, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, (E-61), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-8096, fax 
404/639-8616.
    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 CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: January 29, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 03-2491 Filed 2-3-03; 8:45 am]
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