[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62137-62138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21575]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2015-0029]


Final Revised Vaccine Information Materials for Polio Vaccine

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) (42 
U.S.C. 300aa-26), CDC must develop vaccine information materials that 
all health care providers are required to give to patients/parents 
prior to administration of specific vaccines. On March 15, 2016, CDC 
published a notice in the Federal Register (81 FR 13794) seeking public 
comments on proposed updated vaccine information materials for polio 
vaccine and varicella vaccine. Following review of comments submitted 
and consultation as required under the law, CDC has finalized the 
materials for polio vaccine. Copies of the final vaccine information 
materials for polio vaccine are available to download from http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/index.html or http://www.regulations.gov 
(see Docket Number CDC-2015-0029). CDC will publish the final vaccine 
information materials for varicella vaccine when they are completed.

DATES: Beginning no later than November 1, 2016, each health care 
provider who administers polio vaccine to any child or adult in the 
United States shall provide copies of the relevant vaccine information 
materials referenced in this notice, in conformance with the August 9, 
2016 CDC Instructions for the Use of Vaccine Information Statements 
prior to providing such vaccinations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Johnson-DeLeon ([email protected]), 
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop A-19, 1600 Clifton Road NE., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 
1986 (Pub. L. 99-660), as amended by section 708 of Public Law 103-183, 
added section 2126 to the Public Health Service Act. Section 2126, 
codified at 42 U.S.C. 300aa-26, requires the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to develop and disseminate vaccine information materials 
for distribution by all health care providers in the United States to 
any patient (or to the parent or legal representative in the case of a 
child) receiving vaccines covered under the National Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program (VICP).
    Development and revision of the vaccine information materials, also 
known as Vaccine Information Statements (VIS), have been delegated by 
the Secretary to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
Section 2126 requires that the materials be developed, or revised, 
after notice to the public, with a 60-day comment period, and in 
consultation with the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, 
appropriate health care provider and parent organizations, and the Food 
and Drug Administration. The law also requires that the information 
contained in the materials be based on available data and information, 
be presented in understandable terms, and include:
    (1) A concise description of the benefits of the vaccine,
    (2) A concise description of the risks associated with the vaccine,
    (3) A statement of the availability of the National Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program, and
    (4) Such other relevant information as may be determined by the 
Secretary.
    The vaccines initially covered under the National Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program were diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, 
mumps, rubella, and poliomyelitis vaccines. Since April 15, 1992, any 
health care provider in the United States who intends to administer one 
of these covered vaccines is required to provide copies of the relevant 
vaccine information materials prior to administration of any of these 
vaccines. Since then, the following vaccines have been added to the 
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, requiring use of vaccine 
information materials for them as well: Hepatitis B, Haemophilus 
influenzae type b (Hib), varicella (chickenpox), pneumococcal 
conjugate, rotavirus, hepatitis A, meningococcal, human papillomavirus 
(HPV), and seasonal influenza vaccines. Instructions for use of the 
vaccine information materials are found on the CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/index.html.

Revised Vaccine Information Materials

    The polio vaccine information materials referenced in this notice 
were developed in consultation with the Advisory Commission on 
Childhood Vaccines, the Food and Drug Administration, and parent and 
healthcare provider organizations.

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Following consultation and review of comments submitted, the vaccine 
information materials covering polio vaccine have been finalized and 
are available to download from http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/index.html or http://www.regulations.gov (see Docket Number CDC-2015-
0029). The Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) is ``Polio Vaccine: What 
You Need to Know,'' publication date July 20, 2016.
    With publication of this notice, by November 1, 2016, all health 
care providers must discontinue use of the previous edition and provide 
copies of these updated polio vaccine information materials prior to 
immunization in conformance with CDC's August 9, 2016 Instructions for 
the Use of Vaccine Information Statements.

    Dated: September 1, 2016.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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