[Federal Register: March 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 59)]
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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 72 FR 4514, dated January 31, 2007) is amended 
to reflect the Order of Succession for the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
    Section C-C, Order of Succession:
    Delete in its entirety Section C-C, Order of Succession, and insert 
the following:
    During the absence or disability of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or in the event of a vacancy in 
that office, the first official listed below who is available shall act 
as Director, except that during a planned period of absence, the 
Director may specify a different order of succession:
    1. Chief Operating Officer, CDC.
    2. Director, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases.
    3. Director, Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and 
Injury Prevention.
    4. Director, Office of Workforce and Career Development.

    Dated: March 16, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 07-1486 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]

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