Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Scientific Resources Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases,

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Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 212)NoticesPage 59774From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as amended most recently at 64 FR 25897, dated May 13, 1999) is amended to reflect the reoganization of the Scientific Resources Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases.

Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as follows:

After the title for the Scientific Resources Program (CRL), delete the functional statement and insert the following:

  (1) Provides animals, animal and human blood products, glassware, mammalian tissue cultures, microbiological media, special reagents, and other laboratory materials in support of research and service activities to NCID laboratories and other CDC organizations; (2) installs, fabricates, modifies, services, and maintains laboratory equipment used in the research and service activities of CDC; (3) develops and implements applied research programs to expand and enhance the use of animal models necessary to support research and diagnostic programs and to improve breeding and husbandry procedures; (4) conducts both basic and applied research in cell biology and in the expansion of tissue culture technology as a research and diagnostic tool for infectious disease activities; (5) provides services for NCID investigators in protein and DNA synthesis and sequencing; (6) maintains a bank of serum and other biological specimens of epidemiological and special significance to CDC's research and diagnostic activities; (7) obtains and distributes experimental and orphaned vaccines, drugs, antisera, antitoxins, and immune globulins; (8) manages and distributes the inventory, maintains the computerized system database, and provides general technical service support for dispensing, lyophilizing, capping, and labeling CDC Reference Reagents; (9) provides support for liquid nitrogen freezers; (10) administratively and technically supports the CDC Animal Policy Board and the Atlanta Area Animal Care and Use Committee; (11) provides computer support services for the Program's activities; (12) receives, categorizes, processes and distributes specimens to CDC laboratories for reference diagnostic testing, research studies, and epidemics and reports diagnostic test results to submitting organizations; (13) manages all CDC exports and ensures compliance with regulations and serves as CDC liaison with Department of Commerce for export related issues; (14) maintains the CDC Atlanta laboratory water treatment systems; (15) provides collaborative development and production services to produce high priority reference reagents and specialized diagnostics for internal NCID investigators.

Dated: October 25, 1999. Jeffrey P. Koplan, Director.

FR Doc. 99-28739Filed11-2-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4160-18-M

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