[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 64 (Friday, April 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17418-17419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7457]


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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 
sixth 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 6, 2004, and from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 7, 2004, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 
2660 Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC 20008. 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), 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: Valuable Consideration Subcommittee, Fair Treatment 
Subcommittee, and Wait List Subcommittee.
    The draft meeting agenda will be available on April 16 on the 
Department's donation Web site at http://www.organdonor.gov/acot.html.
    A registration form will be available on April 5 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 Bryan 
Slattery with PSA at (703) 234-1734. 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, 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, Special 
Programs Bureau, 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 timeframe 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: March 24, 2004.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-7457 Filed 4-1-04; 8:45 am]
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