Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Genetic Testing Advisory Committee,

[Federal Register: June 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 124)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Notice of Establishment of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the establishment of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (Committee).

This Committee will advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on all aspects of the development and use of genetic tests, including making recommendations on policies and procedures for the safe and effective incorporation of genetic technologies into health care; assessing the effectiveness of existing and future measures for oversight of genetic tests; and identifying research needs related to the Committee's purview.

Unless renewed by appropriate action prior to its expiration, the charter for the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing will expire two years from the date of establishment.

Dated: June 22, 1998. Harold Varmus, Director, National Institutes of Health.

[FR Doc. 98-17168Filed6-26-98; 8:45 am]

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