Ethics Subcommittee, Advisory Committee to the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ethics Subcommittee, Advisory Committee to the Director, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention announces the following Subcommittee meeting.

Name: Ethics Subcommittee, Advisory Committee to the Director

(ACD), CDC.

Times and Dates:

1 p.m.-5 p.m., February 25, 2009.

8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., February 26, 2009.

Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Harkin

Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333.

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 periods by calling (866) 919-

3560 and entering code 4168828. The public comment periods are

tentatively scheduled for 4:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. on February 25, 2009

and from 2:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. on February 26, 2009.

Purpose: The Ethics Subcommittee 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: The agenda will include the following

topics: CDC's Healthiest Nation Initiative, ethical guidance for

ventilator distribution, ethical guidance for use of travel

restrictions, and follow-up on outstanding activities/reports.

Agenda items are 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, PhD, Designated Federal Official, Ethics

Subcommittee, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S D-50, Atlanta,

Georgia 30333. Telephone (404) 639-4690. E-mail: [email protected].

The deadline for notification of attendance is February 18, 2009.

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: January 29, 2009.

Elaine L. Baker,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

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