[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 31193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8590]



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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) 
teleconference.
    Time and Date: 10 a.m.--11 a.m., June 8, 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 background for decisions 
about the use of tetanus, reduced diphtheria and acellular (Tdap) 
vaccine in pregnant women.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 10 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the 
conference call, please dial 1-888-710-9649 and reference passcode 
4003357.
    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 Acting 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: May 26, 2006.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E6-8590 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
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