[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 76770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27922]


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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 meeting of the Advisory 
Committee on Immunization Practices conference call meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
    Time and Date: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., December 17, 2004.
    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: To discuss both the ACIP 
recommendations and the interim Vaccine for Children's Resolution 
and as it pertains to influenza vaccine priority groups this year.
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 11 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the 
conference call, please dial 1-888-455-0044 and reference passcode 
5425415. 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.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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: December 15, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-27922 Filed 12-21-04; 8:45 am]
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