[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 57595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19933]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part N, National Institutes of Health (NIH), of the Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (40 FR 22859, May 27, 
1975, as amended most recently at 71 FR 1446, January 9, 2006, and 
redesignated from Part HN as Part N at 60 FR 56605, November 9, 1995), 
is amended as set forth below to reflect the transfer of the 
bioengineering and physical science functions from the Office of the 
Director, Office of Management, Office of Research Services (NAM5, 
formerly HNAM5), to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and 
Bioengineering (N8, formerly HN8).
    Section N-B, Organization and Functions, is amended by replacing 
the current section N86 (formerly HN86) with the following:
    Intramural Research Programs (N86, formerly HN86). Responsible for 
all aspects of NIBIB intramural research, including staffing, 
facilities, and research programs. Also includes the Laboratory of 
Bioengineering and Physical Science, which contributes to the 
advancement of NIH research by the application of engineering, 
mathematics, and the physical sciences to the solution of problems in 
biology and medicine through (1) consultations and collaborative 
research with NIH intramural scientists in the areas of measurement, 
imaging, mathematical analysis, and modeling and the design of 
specialized research protocols and equipment; (2) proposing and 
developing theoretical and experimental methods, including novel 
instrumentation, to meet long-term needs of the NIH Intramural Research 
Program; and (3) serving as a liaison to other NIH and non-NIH 
organizations with bioengineering and physical science expertise to 
obtain and disseminate information on technological resources and 
development applicable to NIH intramural research problems.
    Section N-B, Organization and Functions, under the heading ``Office 
of Research Services (NAM5, formerly HNAM5)'' is amended as follows:
    Delete the ``Division of Bioengineering and Physical Science 
(NAM58, formerly HNAM58)'' in its entirety.
    Delegations of Authority Statement: All delegations and 
redelegations of authority to officers and employees of NIH that were 
in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this 
reorganization and are consistent with this reorganization shall 
continue in effect in them or their successors, pending further 
redelegation.

    Dated: September 28, 2007.
Raynard S. Kington,
Acting Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E7-19933 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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