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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
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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). The HICPAC
consists of 14 experts in fields including
but not limited to, infectious diseases,
infection prevention, healthcare
epidemiology, nursing, clinical
microbiology, surgery, hospitalist
medicine, internal medicine,
epidemiology, health policy, health
services research, public health, and
related medical fields.
DATES: Nominations for membership on
the HICPAC must be received no later
than September 29, 2023. Packages
received after this time will not be
considered for the current membership
cycle.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be
emailed to HICPAC, Division of
Healthcare Quality Promotion, National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases, CDC, l600 Clifton
Road NE, Mailstop H16–3, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329, emailed (recommended)
to hicpac@cdc.gov, or faxed to (404)
639–4043.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sydnee Byrd, MPA, Healthcare Infection
Control Practices Advisory Committee,
Division of Healthcare Quality
Promotion, NCEZID, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, l600 Clifton
Road NE, Mailstop H16–3, Atlanta,
Georgia 30329–4027. Telephone (404)
718–8039; Email: hicpac@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Healthcare Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee shall provide
advice and guidance to the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
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Services (HHS); the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);
the Director, National Center for
Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases (NCEZID), CDC; and the
Director, Division of Healthcare Quality
Promotion (DHQP), NCEZID, CDC; and
the Director, Division of Healthcare
Quality Promotion (DHQP), NCEZID,
CDC, regarding the practice of infection
control and strategies for surveillance,
prevention, and control of healthcareassociated infections antimicrobial
resistance and related events in settings
where healthcare is provided, including
hospitals, outpatient settings, long-term
care facilities, and home health
agencies.
Nominations are being sought for
individuals who have expertise and
qualifications necessary to contribute to
the accomplishments of the committee’s
objectives. Nominees will be selected
based on expertise in the fields of
infectious diseases, infection
prevention, healthcare epidemiology,
nursing, environmental and clinical
microbiology, surgery, internal
medicine, and public health. Federal
employees will not be considered for
membership. Members may be invited
to serve for four-year terms. Selection of
members is based on candidates’
qualifications to contribute to the
accomplishment of HICPAC objectives.
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
committee memberships. Committee
members are Special Government
Employees, requiring the filing of
financial disclosure reports at the
beginning of and annually during their
terms. 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 2023, 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
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in one year may be reconsidered in a
subsequent year. Candidates should
submit the following items:
D Current curriculum vitae, including
complete contact information
(telephone numbers, mailing address,
email address).
D At least one letter of
recommendation from person(s) not
employed by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
(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, NIH, FDA, etc.).
Nominations may be submitted by the
candidate him- or herself, or by the
person/organization recommending the
candidate.
The Director, Strategic Business
Initiatives Unit, 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, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit,
Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
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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: 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). The HICPAC consists of 14
experts in fields including but not limited to, infectious diseases,
infection prevention, healthcare epidemiology, nursing, clinical
microbiology, surgery, hospitalist medicine, internal medicine,
epidemiology, health policy, health services research, public health,
and related medical fields.
DATES: Nominations for membership on the HICPAC must be received no
later than September 29, 2023. Packages received after this time will
not be considered for the current membership cycle.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be emailed to HICPAC, Division of
Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases, CDC, l600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-3,
Atlanta, Georgia 30329, emailed (recommended) to [email protected], or
faxed to (404) 639-4043.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sydnee Byrd, MPA, Healthcare Infection
Control Practices Advisory Committee, Division of Healthcare Quality
Promotion, NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, l600
Clifton Road NE, Mailstop H16-3, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027. Telephone
(404) 718-8039; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Healthcare Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee shall provide advice and guidance to the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the Director, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Director, National Center
for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), CDC; and the
Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP), NCEZID, CDC;
and the Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP),
NCEZID, CDC, regarding the practice of infection control and strategies
for surveillance, prevention, and control of healthcare-associated
infections antimicrobial resistance and related events in settings
where healthcare is provided, including hospitals, outpatient settings,
long-term care facilities, and home health agencies.
Nominations are being sought for individuals who have expertise and
qualifications necessary to contribute to the accomplishments of the
committee's objectives. Nominees will be selected based on expertise in
the fields of infectious diseases, infection prevention, healthcare
epidemiology, nursing, environmental and clinical microbiology,
surgery, internal medicine, and public health. Federal employees will
not be considered for membership. Members may be invited to serve for
four-year terms. Selection of members is based on candidates'
qualifications to contribute to the accomplishment of HICPAC
objectives.
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 committee memberships.
Committee members are Special Government Employees, requiring the
filing of financial disclosure reports at the beginning of and annually
during their terms. 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
2023, 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 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(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, NIH, FDA, etc.).
Nominations may be submitted by the candidate him- or herself, or
by the person/organization recommending the candidate.
The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, 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, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-09067 Filed 4-28-23; 8:45 am]
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