[Federal Register: October 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 203)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic
Testing
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the
eleventh meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic
Testing (SACGT), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 15, 2001 and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
November 16, 2001 at the Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill Road,
Bethesda, MD 20814. The meeting will be open to the public with
attendance limited to space available.
The Committee will discuss a number of topics, including the status
of FDA activities to implement SACGT's recommendations for oversight of
all new genetic tests; the outcomes and discussion of a roundtable
meeting convened by the Education Work Group on how genetics fits into
current or future health practice, major genetics educational needs of
various disciplines of professions (e.g., core competencies, faculty
needs, and training issues), and obstacles and gaps in the integration
of genetics into health professional education and practice; and the
Informed Consent Work Group's draft brochure for the general public on
genetic testing and the status of the development of principles of
informed consent in clinical and public health settings. The Committee
will also begin exploring issues in the development, oversight,
availability and accessibility of genetic tests for rare diseases
through a number of invited presentations. In addition, the Committee
is scheduled to be briefed by Congressional staff on the status of
genetic discrimination legislation. Time will be provided for public
comment and interested individuals should notify the contact person
listed below.
Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services
established SACGT to advise and make recommendations to the Secretary
through the Assistant Secretary for Health on all aspects of the
development and use of genetic tests. SACGT is directed to: (1)
Recommend policies and procedures for the safe and effective
incorporation of genetic technologies into health care; (2) assess the
effectiveness of existing and future measures for oversight of genetic
tests; and (3) identify research needs related to the Committee's
purview.
The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGT will be
available at the following web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/
sacgt.htm. Individuals who wish to provide public comment or who plan
to attend the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should
notify the SACGT Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at
301-496-9838 or E-mail at sc112c@nih.gov. The SACGT office is located
at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Dated: August 12, 2001.
Sarah Carr,
Executive Secretary, SACGT.
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