Department of Health and Human Services 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This proposed rule would require all long term care facilities to be equipped with sprinkler systems. This proposed rule especially requests public comments on the duration of a phase-in period to allow long term care facilities to install such systems.

The Health Resources and Services Administration published a document in the Federal Register of September 22, 2006, regarding a meeting date for the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children. The meeting scheduled for November 2-3, 2006, has been cancelled.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has extended the expiration date to May 1, 2007, for the use of the prior version of Form FDA 3500A for ``MedWatch: Food and Drug Administration Medical Products Reporting Program'' (the MedWatch Program).

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the SACATM on November 30, 2006 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to adjournment (~5 p.m.) and is open to the public with attendance limited only by the space available. SACATM advises the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), the NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), and the Director of the NIEHS regarding statutorily mandated duties of ICCVAM and activities of NICEATM. SACATM provides advice on priorities and activates related to the development, validation, scientific review, regulatory acceptance, implementation, and national and international harmonization of new, revised, and alternative toxicological test methods. Additional information about SACATM, including the charter, roster, and records of past meetings can be found at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ see ``Advisory Board & Committees'' or directly at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/167.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Safe Foods Corporation has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to expand the conditions for the safe use of cetylpyridinium chloride as an antimicrobial agent in a pre-chiller or post-chiller solution for application to raw poultry carcasses.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public hearing on the regulation of certain conventional foods that companies are marketing as ``functional foods.'' The purpose of the hearing is for the agency to share its current regulatory framework and rationale regarding the safety evaluation and labeling of these foods, and to solicit information and comments from interested persons on how FDA should regulate these foods under the agency's existing legal authority.

This notice announces the eleventh meeting of the American Health Information Community Biosurveillance Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)