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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 15 / Wednesday, January 23, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health
Office of the Secretary
Findings of Scientific Misconduct
Final Effect of Designation of a Class
of Employees for Addition to the
Special Exposure Cohort
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) gives notice
concerning the final effect of the HHS
decision to designate a class of
employees at Nuclear Materials and
Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in
Apollo, Pennsylvania, as an addition to
the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC)
under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000. On November 29,
2007, as provided for under 42 U.S.C.
7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS
designated the following class of
employees as an addition to the SEC:
Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE)
employees who were monitored or should
have been monitored for exposure to ionizing
radiation while working at the Nuclear
Materials and Equipment Corporation
(NUMEC) in Apollo, Pennsylvania from
January 1, 1957, through December 31, 1983,
for a number of work days aggregating at least
250 work days or in combination with work
days within the parameters established for
one or more other classes of employees in the
Special Exposure Cohort.
This designation became effective on
December 29, 2007, as provided for
under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence,
beginning on December 29, 2007,
members of this class of employees,
defined as reported in this notice,
became members of the Special
Exposure Cohort.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support,
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia
Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH
45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is
not a toll-free number). Information
requests can also be submitted by e-mail
to OCAS@CDC.GOV.
Dated: January 15, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
and the Assistant Secretary for Health
have taken final action in the following
case:
Scott E. Monte, Huntington Memorial
Hospital: Based on the findings of an
investigation conducted by Huntington
Memorial Hospital (HMH) and
information obtained by the Office of
Research Integrity (ORI) during its
oversight review, the U.S. Public Health
Service (PHS) found that Scott E. Monte,
L.V.N., former Clinical Research
Associate, HMH, engaged in scientific
misconduct by knowingly and
intentionally falsifying and fabricating
clinical research records in HMH cancer
prevention and treatment protocols
supported by National Cancer Institute
(NCI), National Institutes of Health
(NIH), awards U10 CA69651, U10
CA12027, U10 CA32012, and U10
CA86004.
Specifically, Mr. Monte knowingly
and intentionally:
(1) Entered falsified and fabricated
laboratory data or physical examination
results on five (5) research protocol case
report forms (CRFs);
(2) Falsified a gynecological
examination report in a physician’s
progress note and entered the falsified
document in the patient’s research
chart; and
(3) Fabricated progress notes for four
patients and a case report form for one
of these patients.
ORI has implemented the following
administrative actions for a period of
three (3) years, beginning on January 7,
2008:
(1) Dr. Monte is debarred from any
contracting or subcontracting with any
agency of the United States Government
and from eligibility or involvement in
nonprocurement programs of the United
States Government pursuant to HHS’
implementation of the OMB Guidelines
to Agencies on Governmentwide
Debarment and Suspension at 2 CFR
Part 376; and
(2) Dr. Monte is prohibited from
serving in any advisory capacity to PHS,
including but not limited to service on
any PHS advisory committee, board,
and/or peer review committee, or as a
consultant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Director, Division of Investigative
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Oversight, Office of Research Integrity,
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750,
Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453–8800.
Chris B. Pascal,
Director, Office of Research Integrity.
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Health Information Technology (ONC),
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Recognition of Certain Healthcare
Information Technology Standards
Panel (HITSP) Interoperability
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Technology (ONC), DHHS.
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Information Technology and
Establishing the Position of the National
Health Information Technology
Coordinator’’), Executive Order 13410
(‘‘Promoting Quality and Efficient
Health Care in Federal Government
Administered or Sponsored Health Care
Programs’’), Public Law 110–161,
(‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2008’’), 42 U.S.C.1395nn(b)(4), 42 U.S.C.
1302(a), and 42 CFR 411.357(w).
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of the Secretary’s recognition of certain
Healthcare Information Technology
Standards Panel (HITSP)
‘‘Interoperability Specifications’’ as
interoperability standards for health
information technology. The Secretary
accepted these HITSP ‘‘Interoperability
Specifications’’, Version 1.2, in
December of 2006, and hereby
recognizes them as interoperability
standards in updated versions in
January of 2008. The list of recognized
interoperability standards is provided
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www.hitsp.org; click on ‘‘HITSP
Interoperability Specifications HERE’’
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The
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Standards Panel (HITSP) was created in
2005 to serve as a cooperative
partnership between the public and
private sectors for the purpose of
achieving a widely accepted and useful
set of standards specifically to enable
and support widespread interoperability
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition
to the Special Exposure Cohort
AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice
concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of
employees at Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in
Apollo, Pennsylvania, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
(SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act of 2000. On November 29, 2007, as provided for under 42
U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of
employees as an addition to the SEC:
Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or
should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation while
working at the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC)
in Apollo, Pennsylvania from January 1, 1957, through December 31,
1983, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days
or in combination with work days within the parameters established
for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure
Cohort.
This designation became effective on December 29, 2007, as provided
for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on December 29,
2007, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this
notice, became members of the Special Exposure Cohort.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH
45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number).
Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to OCAS@CDC.GOV.
Dated: January 15, 2008.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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