[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 39953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16792]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research
Protections
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the
inaugural meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human
Research Protections (SACHRP). The meeting will be open to the public,
with attendance limited to space available. Individuals must provide a
photo ID for entry into the meeting. Individuals who plan to attend and
need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should notify the contact person listed
below.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2003, and will
convene EDT from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 800, 200 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernard Schwetz, D.V.M., PhD., Acting
Executive Secretary, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research
Protections, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public
Health and Science, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, MD
20852 (301) 496-7005, fax: (301) 402-0527, email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a,
section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, the
Department of Health and Human Services established SACHRP to provide
expert advice and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS and the
Assistant Secretary for Health on issues and topics pertaining to or
associated with the protection of human research subjects.
At this inaugural meeting, SACHRP will review the activities which
were not completed by the former National Human Research Protections
Advisory Committee before its charter expired. SACHRP also will begin
to plan and prioritize its activities for the next 24 months. Members
of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments at the
meeting. Public comment will be limited to five minutes per speaker.
Any members of the public who wish to have printed material distributed
to SACHRP members should submit materials to the Acting Executive
Secretary of SACHRP (contact information listed above) prior to close
of business July 16, 2003.
Information about SACHRP and the draft meeting agenda will be
posted on the SACHRP Web site at: http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/sachrp/sachrp.htm.
Dated: June 26, 2003.
Bernard A. Schwetz,
Acting Executive Secretary, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human
Research Protections, Acting Director, Office for Human Research
Protections.
[FR Doc. 03-16792 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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