[Federal Register: October 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 196)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

    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 Federal Committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., October 26, 2005.
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., October 27, 2005.

    Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center, 2000 Century Boulevard, 
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30345-3377.
    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 United States Code 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 
influenza; recommendations for use of Hepatitis A vaccine among 
children; VFC vote on Hepatitis A; adult Hepatitis B vaccine 
recommendation; varicella zoster immune globulin; recommended 
childhood and adolescent immunization schedules; use of Tdap 
vaccine; prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis; Measles, Mumps, 
Rubella Vaccine (MMRV) recommendation; VFC vote on MMRV; Human 
Papailloma Virus vaccine; general recommendations on immunization; 
herpes zoster; and Departmental updates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Demetria Gardner, 
Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, National Immunization 
Program, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., (E-61), Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/639-8096, fax 404/639-8616.
    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 both the CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: October 5, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-20381 Filed 10-11-05; 8:45 am]

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