[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26144]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Statement of Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Administrator, 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), with authority to 
redelegate, authorities vested in the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under Title III, of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as 
amended, by the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, 
only insofar as it pertains to the functions assigned to HRSA. The 
authorities are as follows:
    [sbull] Sec. 105--Education of Health Care Personnel; Training 
Regarding Pediatric Issues, section 319F(g) of the PHS Act, as amended.
    [sbull] Sec. 131(a)--Grants to Improve State, Local, and Hospital 
Preparedness for and Response to Bioterrorism and other Public Health 
Emergencies, section 319C; and Partnerships for Community and Hospital 
Preparedness, section 319C-2 of the PHS Act, as amended.
    These delegations shall be exercised under the Department's 
existing delegation of authority and policy on regulations.
    This delegation is effective upon signature. In addition, I hereby 
affirm and ratify any actions taken by you or other HRSA officials 
which involved the exercise of this authority prior to the effective 
date of this delegation.

    Dated: October 8, 2003.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-26144 Filed 10-15-03; 8:45 am]
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