
[Federal Register: September 20, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 181)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001]

 
Risk Communication Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will 
be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Risk Communication Advisory Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and 
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.

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    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on November 8, 2010, from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m. and November 9, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Location: FDA White Oak Campus, Building 31 Conference Center, 
Great Room, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. Please 
note visitors can park in the southwest garage near Building 31 or the 
northwest parking lot near Building 22 (for a campus map, see http://
www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/
WhiteOakCampusInformation/UCM194893.pdf). Visitors to the White Oak 
Campus must have a valid driver's license or other picture ID, and must 
enter through Building 1.
    Contact Person: Lee L. Zwanziger, Office of Policy, Planning and 
Preparedness, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., 
Bldg. 32, rm. 3278, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, 301-796-9151, FAX: 301-
847-8611, e-mail: RCAC@fda.hhs.gov, or FDA Advisory Committee 
Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC 
area), code 8732112560. Please call the Information Line for up-to-date 
information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register about 
last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory 
committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide 
timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency's Web site 
and call the appropriate advisory committee hot line/phone line to 
learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.
    Agenda: On November 8 and 9, 2010, the Committee will hear and 
discuss developments in FDA's ongoing communications programs, such as 
FDA's Strategic Plan for Risk Communication, FDA's Transparency 
Initiative, and the challenges of effectively communicating with 
patients and caregivers about appropriate use of medical devices when a 
patient is prescribed a medical device for home use.
    FDA intends to make background material available to the public no 
later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post 
the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the 
background material will be made publicly available at the location of 
the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be 
posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is 
available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/
default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee link.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before 
October 29, 2010. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled 
between approximately 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on November 8, 2010, and 10:30 
to 11:30 a.m. on November 9, 2010. Those desiring to make formal oral 
presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief 
statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish 
to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an 
indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation 
on or before October 21, 2010. Time allotted for each presentation may 
be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater 
than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public 
hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers 
for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will 
notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by October 
22, 2010.
    Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with 
physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special 
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Lee Zwanziger at 
least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
    FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/
AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures 
on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2).

    Dated: September 14, 2010.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
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