[Federal Register: May 31, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 105)]
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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 66 FR 20148-20149, dated April 12, 2001) is 
amended to retitle and revise the functional statement of the Division 
of Quarantine (DQ), National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID).
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    Delete in its entirety the title and functional statement for the 
Division of Quarantine (CR2) and insert the following:

    Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (CR2). (1) 
Administers a national quarantine program to protect the United 
States against the introduction of diseases from foreign countries; 
(2) administers an overseas program for the medical examination of 
immigrants and others with inadmissible health conditions that would 
pose a threat to public health and impose a burden on public health 
and hospital facilities; (3) maintains liaison with and provides 
information on quarantine matters to other Federal agencies, State 
and local health departments, and interested industries; (4) 
provides liaison with international health organizations, such as 
the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health 
Organization, and participates in the development of international 
agreements affecting quarantine; (5) conducts studies to provide new 
information about health hazards abroad, measures for their 
prevention, and the potential threat of disease introduction into 
the United States; and (6) provides logistic support to other 
programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the 
distribution of requested biologicals and movement of biological 
specimens through U.S. ports of entry.
    Office of the Director (CR21). (1) Manages directs, and 
coordinates the activities of the Division; (2) provides leadership 
in development of Division policy, program planning, implementation, 
and evaluation; (2) identifies needs and resources for new 
initiatives and assigns responsibilities for their development; (4) 
coordinates liaison with other Federal agencies, State and local 
health departments, and interested industries; (5) coordinates 
liaison with international health organizations; (6) provides 
administrative services, including procurement, property and supply 
management, travel arrangements, space and facilities maintenance, 
and timekeeper coordination; (7) provides budgeting and fiscal 
management for the Division; (8) provides personnel support to the 
Division, both for Civil Service and Commissioned Corps employees, 
and assures that Division is in compliance with HRMO regulations for 
all personnel matters; (9) reviews and evaluates all administrative 
services for both headquarters and Quarantine Stations and provides 
policy procedures and guidance on such matters; (10) provides 
statistical and information systems consultation for study design 
and protocol development; (11) provides user and technical support 
for Local Area Network (LAN) and other designated software and 
hardware, and maintains LAN and other information systems in 
accordance with CDC guidelines; (12) designs and implements database 
management systems in support of Division projects; (13) provides 
data analysis and statistical consultation in support of Division 
projects; (14) assists in production of and provides graphics 
support for presentations and publications related to Division 
objectives; and (15) evaluates new software and hardware for 
statistical analysis, database management, graphics production, 
geographic information systems, and other functions related to 
Division objectives.

    Dated: May 18, 2001.
Jeffrey P. Koplan,
Director.
[FR Doc. 01-13672 Filed 5-30-01; 8:45 am]
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