[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17252]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Establishment

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 
U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 
announces the establishment of the Board of Scientific Counselors, 
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Committee).
    This Committee shall advise the Director, NIH; the Deputy director 
for Intramural Research, NIH; the Director, National Center for 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM); and the Scientific 
Director, NCCAM, on the intramural research programs through periodic 
visits to the laboratories for assessment of the research in progress, 
the proposed research, and evaluation of the productivity and 
performance of tenured, tenure track and staff scientists and 
physicians.
    The Committee will consist of eight members, including the Chair, 
appointed by the Director, NIH, from authorities knowledgeable about 
conventional and complementary and alternative medicine research in the 
fields of interest to NCCAM.
    Duration of this committee is continuing unless formally determined 
by the Director, NIH, that termination would be in the best public 
interest.

    Dated: August 17, 2005.
Elias A. Zerhouni,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 05-17252 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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