[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3096-3097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-529]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: 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) announce the following Federal committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-6:15 p.m., February 21, 2006.
    8 a.m.-5 p.m., February 22, 2006.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE., Building 19, Room 232, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    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 
Rotavirus Vaccine which may include a possible VFC Vote; Human 
Papillomavirus Vaccine; general recommendations on immunization; 
Influenza; Herpes Zoster Vaccine; Tetanus Toxoid, Diphtheria Toxoid, 
and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccines; and departmental updates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: 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.

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    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: January 10, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-529 Filed 1-18-06; 8:45 am]
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