[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19550-19551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9665]


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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 Pub. L. 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the 
fourth 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 May 22, 2003, and 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 23, 2003, at the Marriott Washington, 1221 
22nd Street NW., Washington, DC 20037. 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 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: Organ Supply Concerns, Recipient Concerns, Public 
Concerns, and Allocation Concerns.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on May 1 on the Division 
of Transplantation's Web site http://

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www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot/whatsnew.htm or the Department's donation Web site 
at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    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/acot.html. 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, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Parklawn Building, Room 
16C-17, 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: April 10, 2003.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 03-9665 Filed 4-18-03; 8:45 am]
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