Notice2024-07851
Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
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Published
April 15, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is seeking nominations for membership on the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). HICPAC consists of 14 experts in fields including, but not limited to, infectious diseases, infection prevention, healthcare epidemiology, nursing, clinical and environmental microbiology, surgery, hospitalist medicine, internal medicine, epidemiology, health policy, health services research, public health, and related fields.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 73 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26151-26152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07851]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Healthcare
Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), is seeking nominations for
membership on the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC). HICPAC consists of 14 experts in fields including,
but not limited to, infectious diseases, infection prevention,
healthcare epidemiology, nursing, clinical and environmental
microbiology, surgery, hospitalist medicine, internal medicine,
epidemiology, health policy, health services research, public health,
and related fields.
DATES: Nominations for membership on HICPAC must be received no later
than September 30, 2024. Packages received after this time will not be
considered for the current membership cycle.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be emailed to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2cacbc1d2c3c1e2c1c6c18cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="50383933203133103334337e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>; mailed
to HICPAC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, l600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329-4027; or faxed to (404) 639-4043.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sydnee Byrd, M.P.A., Healthcare
Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Division of Healthcare
Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, l600 Clifton Road
NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027. Telephone: (404) 718-
8039; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cf4f5ffecfdffdcfff8ffb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86eeefe5f6e7e5c6e5e2e5a8e1e9f0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Nominations are sought for individuals who
have the expertise and qualifications necessary to contribute to the
accomplishment of the objectives of the Healthcare Infection Control
Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). Nominees will be selected based
on expertise in the fields of infectious diseases, infection
prevention, healthcare epidemiology, nursing, clinical and
environmental microbiology, surgery, internal medicine, occupational
health, and public health. Federal employees will not be considered for
membership. Members may be invited to serve for up to four-year terms.
Selection of members is based on candidates' qualifications to
contribute to the accomplishment of HICPAC objectives (<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/">https://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/</a>).
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy stipulates
that committee membership be balanced in terms of points of view
represented, and the committee's function. Appointments shall be made
without discrimination on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, disability, and
cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status. Nominees must be U.S.
citizens and cannot be full-time employees of the U.S. Government.
Current participation on Federal workgroups or prior experience serving
on a Federal advisory committee does not disqualify a candidate;
however, HHS policy is to avoid excessive individual service on
advisory committees and multiple
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committee memberships. Committee members are Special Government
Employees, requiring the filing of financial disclosure reports at the
beginning of and annually during their terms. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) reviews potential candidates for HICPAC
membership each year and provides a slate of nominees for consideration
to the Secretary of HHS for final selection. HHS notifies selected
candidates of their appointment near the start of the term in July
2025, or as soon as the HHS selection process is completed. Note that
the need for different expertise varies from year to year and a
candidate who is not selected in one year may be reconsidered in a
subsequent year.
Candidates should submit the following items:
[ssquf] Current curriculum vitae, including complete contact
information (telephone numbers, mailing address, email address)
[ssquf] At least one letter of recommendation from person(s) not
employed by HHS. Candidates may submit letter(s) from current HHS
employees if they wish, but at least one letter must be submitted by a
person not employed by an HHS agency (e.g., CDC, National Institutes of
Health, Food and Drug Administration).
Nominations may be submitted by the candidate or by the person/
organization recommending the candidate.
The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of
the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 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.
Kalwant Smagh
Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-07851 Filed 4-12-24; 8:45 am]
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