[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 83 (Friday, April 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24968-24969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10681]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Infectious 
Diseases: Addendum

Addendum

    CDC is publishing this notice as a means of further explanation of 
the agenda item entitled, ``Transfer of Interstate Quarantine 
Authority.'' Published in the Federal Register, April 6, 2000, Volume 
65, Number 67, page 18108-18109. This item engenders a discussion of 
the list of diseases for which individuals may be apprehended, 
detained, or conditionally released pursuant to the quarantine 
authorities provided in the Public Health Service Act.
    In accordance with section 361(b) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 264(b)), the Board will consider and make recommendations 
regarding a list of diseases for which individuals may be apprehended, 
detained, or conditionally released in order to prevent the 
introduction, transmission or spread of such communicable disease from 
foreign countries into the United States or possession or from one 
state or possesion into another.

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    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for 
Infectious Diseases (NCID).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., May 4, 2000. 8:30 a.m.-2:30 
p.m., May 5, 2000.
    Place: CDC, Conference Room Building 17, 1600 Clifton Road, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, NCID, provides advice 
and guidance to the Director, CDC, and Director, NCID, in the following 
areas: Program goals and objectives; strategies; program organization 
and resources for infectious disease prevention and control; and 
program priorities.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include:
    1. NCID Update.
    2. CDC Facilities Master Plan.
    3. Laboratory Response Capacity.
    4. Integrating Surveillance Systems--NEDSS.
    5. Current Issues in Vaccine Development.
    6. Tour of New Facility: Building 17.
    7. Discussions.
    8. Improving Communications.
    9. Program Update: Mycotic Diseases.
    10. Transfer of Interstate Quarantine Authority.
    11. Late Breaker: Current Scientific Issues/Events.
    12. Discussions and Recommendations.
    Other agenda items include announcements/introductions; follow-up 
on actions recommended by the Board December 1999; consideration of 
future directions, goals, and recommendations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the contact 
person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Diane S. Holley, Office of the 
Director, NCID, CDC, M/S C-20, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/639-0078.
    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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 24, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-10681 Filed 4-27-00; 8:45 am]
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