[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24491]



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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 
fifth 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 6, 2003, and 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 7, 2003, at the Renaissance 
Washington, DC Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC. 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. 217a, 
Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and 42 CFR 
121.12 (2000), 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. ACOT is composed of up 
to 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.
    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 October 15 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    A registration form is available on the Department's donation Web 
site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html. The completed registration 
form should be submitted by facsimile to Professional and Scientific 
Associates (PSA), the logistical support contractor for the meeting, at 
fax number (703) 234-1701. Individuals without access to the Internet 
who wish to register may call Lora Robinson with PSA at (703) 234-1753. 
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: [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: September 23, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-24491 Filed 9-26-03; 8:45 am]
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