[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 28704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7555]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Teleconference

    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: 10 a.m.-11 a.m., May 17, 2006.
    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 the absence of an official 
2-dose recommendation for mumps vaccine.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 10 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the 
conference call, please dial 1-800-857-5009 and reference passcode 
9393375.
    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.
    For Further Information Contact: Demetria Gardner, Epidemiology 
and Surveillance Division, National Immunization Program, CDC, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE, E-05, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-
8836, 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: May 12, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC). 4
 [FR Doc. E6-7555 Filed 5-16-06; 8:45 am]
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