[Federal Register: October 3, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 193)]
[Notices]               
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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:
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., October 22, 2008; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 
October 23, 2008.
    Place: CDC, 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 
Pneumococcal Vaccines; Anthrax Vaccine; General Recommendations; Human 
Papillomavirus Vaccines; Adult Immunization Schedules; 2009 
Immunization Schedules for children 0-18 years of age; Hepatitis 
Vaccines; Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine; Rabies Vaccine Supply; 
Influenza; Immunization Safety Update; Vaccine Supply; Adolescent 
National Immunization Survey Results; Rotavirus Vaccines; MMRV Vaccine; 
and Tdap (Boostrix) in Adults.
    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., Mailstop (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

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management activities for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry.

    Dated: September 25, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-23397 Filed 10-2-08; 8:45 am]

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