[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58397-58398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23192]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention--Ethics Subcommittee (ES)

    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 
subcommittee:

    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., EDT, Thursday, October 11, 
2012.
    Place: CDC, Thomas R. Harkin Global Communications Center, 
Distance Learning Auditorium, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, GA 
30333. This meeting is also available by teleconference. Please dial 
(877) 928-1204 and enter code 4305992.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people. To 
accommodate public participation in the meeting, a conference 
telephone line will be available. The public is welcome to 
participate during the public comment period. The public comment 
period is tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m.-2:10 p.m.
    Purpose: The ES will provide counsel to the ACD, CDC, regarding 
a broad range of public health ethics questions and issues arising 
from programs, scientists and practitioners.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include the following 
topics: Ethical considerations relating to use of travel 
restrictions for the control of communicable diseases; addition of 
ethics standards to the accreditation process for public health 
departments; approaches for evaluating the impact of public health 
ethics activities; progress on developing practical tools to assist 
state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments in their 
efforts to address public health ethics challenges; and strategies 
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increasing collaboration between public health ethics and public 
health law.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: For security reasons, 
members of the public interested in attending the meeting should 
contact Drue Barrett, Ph.D., Designated Federal Officer, ACD, CDC--
ES, 1600 Clifton Road NE., M/S D-50, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. 
Telephone: (404) 639-4690. Email: [email protected]. The deadline for 
notification of attendance is October 1, 2012.
    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: September 12, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-23192 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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