[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 94 (Monday, May 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23191-23192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11427]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) 
Drug Testing Advisory Board (DTAB) will meet on June 2 and 3, 2009.
    The meeting is open to the public and will include discussion of 
the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs, 
including implementation of the revised Mandatory Guidelines; Federal 
drug testing updates from the Department of Transportation, the 
Department of Defense, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; review of 
significant changes in the revised Mandatory Guidelines; and 
presentations on immunoassay kit issues, proficiency testing practice 
sets and rounds, instrumented initial test facilities, urine collector/
collection site procedures, and Medical Review Officer training and 
certification. There will also be updates on a revised Federal custody 
and control form and expanded confirmatory drug test technologies.
    DTAB members and invited presenters will participate in this 
meeting through remote internet connection. On-site attendance by the 
public will be limited to space available. The meeting can also be 
accessed by the public via teleconference. To obtain teleconference 
call-in numbers and access codes, to make arrangements to attend on-
site, or to request special accommodations for persons with 
disabilities, please communicate with DTAB's Program Assistant, Ms. 
Giselle Hersh (see contact information below).
    SAMHSA would like to ensure that advisory committee meetings 
proceed in an orderly fashion, are conducted in a safe and secure 
environment, that the right of free speech is protected, and that the 
ability of SAMHSA Advisory Committees to accomplish their objectives is 
not disrupted. Therefore, the following procedures will be followed at 
all DTAB meetings:
     Attendees are subject to security screening, including 
identification (driver's license) review, metal detector screening, and 
inspection of briefcases, packages, etc. Each attendee will be issued a 
security badge that must be worn at all times while in the building.
     Any interested person who wishes to be assured of the 
right to make an oral presentation during the Public Comment portion of 
the DTAB meeting must register with Ms. Hersh before the meeting.
     Those who have not registered before the meeting will only 
be invited to speak at the discretion of the Chair and should submit 
their request to the Designated Federal Official on the day of the 
meeting.
     Public Comment participants who are designated to speak 
may be questioned only by the Chair or DTAB members.
     Audience members may not present comments or questions to 
DTAB members unless recognized by the Chair.
     Attendees at the meeting are asked to maintain order and 
not display behavior that is disruptive to the meeting (i.e., shouting 
from the audience, loud outbursts).
     We ask that attendees not approach the DTAB table area 
during the meeting without permission from the Chair or the Designated 
Federal Official.
     The DTAB Chair or Designated Federal Official will note on 
the record any disruptive behavior and will ask the person to cease the 
behavior or else leave the meeting room.
    Substantive program information, a summary of the meeting, and a 
roster of DTAB members may be obtained as

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soon as possible after the meeting, either by accessing the SAMHSA 
Committee Web site, https://www.nac.samhsa.gov/DTAB/meetings.aspx, or 
by contacting Ms. Hersh. The transcript for the meeting will also be 
available on the SAMHSA Committee Web site within three weeks after the 
meeting.

    Committee Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Drug Testing Advisory Board.
    Date/Time/Type: June 2, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT: 
OPEN. June 3, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT: OPEN.
    Place: Sugarloaf and Seneca Conference Rooms, 1 Choke Cherry 
Road, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Contact: Ms. Giselle Hersh, Program Assistant, SAMHSA Drug 
Testing Advisory Board, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1042, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857, Telephone: 240-276-2600, Fax: 240-276-2610, E-mail: 
[email protected].

Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-11427 Filed 5-15-09; 8:45 am]
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