[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1999]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC)
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:
Times and Dates:
9:15 a.m.-5 p.m., March 2, 2011
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., March 3, 2011
Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Tom Harkin Global
Communications Center, Building 19, Room 232, Auditorium B, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333.
Online Registration Required: In order to expedite the security
clearance process at the CDC Roybal Campus located on Clifton Road, all
CLIAC attendees are required to register for the meeting online at
least 14 days in advance at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/cliac/default.aspx by
clicking the ``Register for a Meeting'' link and completing all forms
according to the instructions given. Please complete all the required
fields before submitting your registration and submit no later than
February 16, 2011.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: This Committee is charged with providing scientific and
technical advice and guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health
and Human Services; the Assistant Secretary for Health; the Director,
CDC; the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and the
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),
regarding the need for, and the nature of, revisions to the standards
under which clinical laboratories are regulated; the impact on medical
and laboratory practice of proposed revisions to the standards; and the
modification of the standards to accommodate technological advances.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include agency updates
from CDC, CMS, and FDA; presentations and discussions addressing
activities of the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory
Workforce; the National Institutes of Health Genetic Test Registry
design and responses from testing laboratories; current testing
practices and oversight of cytogenetic and cytogenomic testing; ongoing
studies evaluating laboratory practices; and strategies for developing
evidence-based methods for laboratory medicine quality improvement.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Providing Oral or Written Comments: It is the policy of CLIAC to
accept written public comments and provide a brief period for oral
public comments whenever possible.
Oral Comments: In general, each individual or group requesting to
make an oral presentation will be limited to a total time of five
minutes (unless otherwise indicated). Speakers must also submit their
comments in writing for inclusion in the meeting's Summary Report. To
assure adequate time is scheduled for public comments, individuals or
groups planning to make an oral presentation should, when possible,
notify the contact person below at least one week prior to the meeting
date.
Written Comments: CLIAC accepts written comments until the date of
the meeting (unless otherwise stated) for individuals or groups unable
to attend the meeting. However, the comments should be received at
least one week prior to the meeting date so that the comments may be
made available to the Committee for their consideration and public
distribution. Written comments and one hard copy with original
signature should be provided to the contact person below. In addition,
written comments will be included in the meeting's Summary Report.
Contact Person for Additional Information: Nancy Anderson, Chief,
Laboratory Practice Standards Branch, Division of Laboratory Science
and Standards, Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office
(LSPPPO), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services,
CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop F-11, Atlanta, Georgia 30333;
telephone (404) 498-2741; fax (404) 498-2219; or via e-mail at
[email protected].
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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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