[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 30155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11971]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Announcement of Public Hearing and Request for Comment: National 
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Proposed Name Change

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is seeking feedback from 
stakeholders and other interested parties on a proposal to change the 
Center's name to National Center for Research on Complementary and 
Integrative Health. The public is invited to attend a public hearing 
and provide comments on the NCCAM Web site.

DATES: NCCAM will hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed name 
change as part of the meeting of the National Advisory Council on 
Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This meeting will be held on 
June 6, 2014 from 10:15-3:50 p.m. in Bethesda, Maryland.
    The public is invited to provide comments through the NCCAM Web 
site at http://nccam.nih.gov from May 16 through June 6, 2014. Comments 
regarding the proposed name change for NCCAM are best assured of having 
their full effect if received by June 6, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on the NIH Campus, Building 31/6C, 
Conference Room 10, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. For 
information about access to the NIH campus, please visit http://www.nih.gov/about/visitor/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information, visit the 
NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov, call 1-888-644-6226, or email 
<[email protected]>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Center for Complementary and 
Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 1998. The mission is to 
define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and 
safety of complementary and alternative medicine interventions and 
their roles in improving health and health care. To date, NCCAM's 
efforts to achieve this mission have been guided by NCCAM's strategic 
plans, located on the NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov/about/plans.
    To better reflect the current research, clinical practice, and 
public use of complementary approaches, NCCAM is proposing its name be 
changed to National Center for Research on Complementary and 
Integrative Health. The primary goal in proposing this change is to 
enhance the Center's effectiveness in addressing its existing 
legislative mandate as reflected in subsections (a) and (c) of Public 
Law 105-277, Title VI.
    NCCAM is seeking feedback from stakeholders and other interested 
parties on a proposal to change the Center's name and invites the 
public to attend the June 6, 2014 public hearing and to submit comments 
at http://nccam.nih.gov/. Preregistration for the public hearing is not 
necessary.

    Dated: May 15, 2014.
Wendy Liffers,
Executive Officer, National Center for Complementary and Alternative 
Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-11971 Filed 5-23-14; 8:45 am]
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