[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 69 FR 63154-63156, dated October 29, 2004, is 
amended to reflect the Order of Succession for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
    Section C-C, Order of Succession:
    Delete in its entirety Section C-C, Order of Succession, and insert 
the following:
    During the absence or disability of the Director, Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or in the event of a vacancy in 
that office, the first official listed below who is available shall act 
as Director, except that during a planned period of absence, the 
Director may specify a different order of succession:
    1. Chief Operating Officer, CDC.
    2. Chief of Science, CDC.
    3. Chief of Public Health Improvement.
    4. Director, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases.\*\
* official organizational structure pending approval.

    Dated: December 13, 2004.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 04-28377 Filed 12-27-04; 8:45 am]
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