[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3709-3710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1389]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announce the following Federal Committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
    Times and Dates:

8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., February 10, 2005.
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., February 11, 2005.
    Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century Boulevard, 
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30345-3377.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    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: The agenda will include discussions on 
Hepatitis B vaccine recommendations; recommendations of use of 
Hepatitis A vaccine; Human Papilloma Virus vaccine working group 
update; Meningococcal conjugate vaccine and possible VFC vote on 
meningococcal vaccine use if the vaccine is licensed; varicella 
prevention; influenza vaccine recommendations for 2005; pertussis 
vaccine booster dose policy; polio outbreak response and stockpile 
planning; revisions to the general recommendations; yellow fever 
vaccine safety work group update; proposal for use of Evidence-based 
recommendations; rotavirus vaccine update; and Departmental updates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    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.


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    Dated: January 20, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-1389 Filed 1-25-05; 8:45 am]
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