[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 1063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-100]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC)

    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 committee meeting:
    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 9, 2010.
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., February 10, 2010.
    Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Tom Harkin Global 
Communications Center, Building 19, Room 232, Auditorium B, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333.
    Online Registration Required: In order to expedite the security 
clearance process at the CDC Roybal Campus located on Clifton Road, all 
CLIAC attendees are required to register for the meeting online at 
least 14 days in advance at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/cliac/default.aspx by 
clicking the ``Register for a Meeting'' link and completing all forms 
according to the instructions given. Please complete all the required 
fields before submitting your registration and submit no later than 
January 26, 2010.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: This Committee is charged with providing scientific and 
technical advice and guidance to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Director, CDC, 
regarding the need for, and the nature of, revisions to the standards 
under which clinical laboratories are regulated; the impact on medical 
and laboratory practice of proposed revisions to the standards; and the 
modification of the standards to accommodate technological advances.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include updates from the 
CDC, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Food and 
Drug Administration; a report from the CLIAC Biochemical Genetic 
Testing Workgroup and discussion of the Workgroup's proposals related 
to good laboratory practices for biochemical genetic testing; and 
presentations and discussions related to electronic health records and 
electronic transmission of laboratory information.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Providing Oral or Written Comments: It is the policy of CLIAC to 
accept written public comments and provide a brief period for oral 
public comments whenever possible.
    Oral Comments: In general, each individual or group requesting to 
make an oral presentation will be limited to a total time of five 
minutes (unless otherwise indicated). Speakers must also submit their 
comments in writing for inclusion in the meeting's Summary Report. To 
assure adequate time is scheduled for public comments, individuals or 
groups planning to make an oral presentation should, when possible, 
notify the contact person below at least one week prior to the meeting 
date.
    Written Comments: For individuals or groups unable to attend the 
meeting, CLIAC accepts written comments until the date of the meeting 
(unless otherwise stated). However, the comments should be received at 
least one week prior to the meeting date so that the comments may be 
made available to the Committee for their consideration and public 
distribution. Written comments, one hard copy with original signature, 
should be provided to the contact person below. Written comments will 
be included in the meeting's Summary Report.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Nancy Anderson, Chief, 
Laboratory Practice Standards Branch, Division of Laboratory Systems, 
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious 
Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop F-11, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333; telephone (404) 498-2741; fax (404) 498-2219; or via e-mail at 
[email protected].
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: December 30, 2009.
Gary J. Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-100 Filed 1-7-10; 8:45 am]
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