[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 20 (Monday, February 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 5842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2164]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

    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), announces the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:
    Times and Dates:
    8 a.m.-5 p.m., February 25, 2009.
    8 a.m.-5 p.m., February 26, 2009.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Harkin 
Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Building 19, Kent 
``Oz'' Nelson Auditorium, 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 
Anthrax; Hepatitis Vaccines; Measles, Mumps and Rubella; Influenza 
Vaccine; Pneumococcal Vaccines; Rabies Vaccine; General 
Recommendations; Human Papillomavirus Vaccines; Herpes Zoster; 
Meningococcal Vaccine; MMRV Vaccine Safety; Pertussis; Polio Vaccine; 
Vaccine Safety; Vaccine Supply; Vaccination of Immigrants and refugees; 
Yellow Fever. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Antonette Hill, Immunization 
Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory 
Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., (E-05), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
telephone 404/639-8836, fax 404/639-8905.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: January 22, 2009.
Lorenzo J. Falgiano,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-2164 Filed 1-30-09; 8:45 am]
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