CERTAIN HEALTH FUNCTIONS REORGANIZATION Under the authority of section 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 and section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966, and further to DHEW Reorganization Order dated March 13, 1968, I hereby order the further reorganization of certain health functions of the Department as follows: Organization. Three new operating agencies are hereby established to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the Public Health Service and the Food and Drug Administration. These operating agencies make up a newly constituted Public Health Service: (1) The National Institutes of Health. (2) The Health Services and Mental Health Administration. (3) The Food and Drug Administration. The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service shall provide professional leadership and guidance concerning all Department Health functions and shall serve as the principal deputy to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Functions and responsibilities-Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs shall continue to be responsible for all functions presently assigned to it. National Institutes of Health. The National Institutes of Health shall be responsible for all of the functions presently assigned to the National Institutes of Health, the Bureau of Health Manpower, and the National Library of Medicine. The National Institutes of Health shall be headed by a Director who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Health Services and Mental Health Administration. The Health Services and Mental Health Administration shall be responsible for all of the functions presently assigned to the Public Health Service except the functions assigned to the National Institutes of Heaith, the Bureau of Health Manpower, and the National Library of Medicine. The Health Services and Mental Health Administration shall be headed by an Administrator who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration shall be responsible for all of the functions presently assigned to the Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration shall continue to be headed by a Commissioner who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Continuation of Regulations. All regulations, rules, orders, statements of policy, or interpretations with respect to the Public Health Service or the Food and Drug Administration heretofore issued and in effect prior to the date of this Reorganization Order or to become effective subsequent to said date are continued in full force and effect. Prior Statements of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority. To the exent inconsistent with this Reorganization Order, all previous statements of organization, functions, and delegations of authority, and chapters of the Department's Organization Manual are superseded by this Reorganization Order, except that, pending further orders by the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, all redelegations by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service or the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to any other officer or employee of any office, institute, bureau, division, center or other organizational unit in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Reorganization Order shall continue in effect in them or their successors. Effective date. This Reorganization Order shall be effective April 1, 1968. Dated: April 1, 1968. [SEAL.] WILBUR J. COHEN, [F.R. Doc. 68-4121; Filed, Apr. 4, 1968; 8:49 a.m.] Pending further orders by the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs all delegations or redelegations, including all redelegations by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service or the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to any other officer or employee of any office, institute, bureau, division, center, or other organizational unit in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Reorganization Order shall continue in effect in them or their successors. Redelegation of authority. The authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs may be redelegated as he may deem appropriate. It may be successively redelegated, except as any delegation may be explicitly limited. Continuation of regulations. All regulations, rules, orders, statements of policy, or interpretations with respect to the Public Health Service or the Food and Drug Administration heretofore issued and in effect prior to the date of his Reorganization Order or to become effective subsequent to said date are continued in full force and effect. Prior statements of organization, functions, and delegations of authority. To the extent inconsistent with this Reorganization Order, all previous statements of organization, functions, and delegations of authority, and chapters of the Department's Organization Manual are superseded by this Reorganization Order. Effective date. This reorganization Order shall be effective March 13, 1968. Dated: March 13, 1968. WILBUR J. COHEN, [F.R. Doc. 68-3482; Filed, Mar. 21, 1968] [From the Federal Register, Apr. 5, 1968] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ET AL REDELEGATION OF AUTHORITY I hereby revoke the delegation to the Surgeon General made by me on March 13, 1968. I hereby delegate to the Director, National Institutes of Health, the authority heretofore delegated to the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, pertaining to the functions presently assigned to the National Institutes of Health, the Bureau of Health Manpower, and the National Library of Medicine. I hereby delegate to the Administrator, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, the authority heretofore delegated to the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, pertaining to all of the functions presently assigned to the Public Health Service except the functions assigned to the National Institutes of Health, the Bureau of Health Manpower, and the National Library of Medicine. The Surgeon General will hereafter serve as the principal deputy to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs and as such will exercise all of the authority of the Assistant Secretary in his absence. NOTICES These authorities may be redelegated. This redelegation becomes effective April 1, 1968. PHILIP R. LEE, Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. [F.R. Doc. 68-4115; Filed, Apr. 4, 1968; 8:48 a.m.] CERTAIN HEALTH FUNCTIONS REORGANIZATION Under the authority of section 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 and section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966, and further to DHEW Reorganization Order dated March 13, 1968, I hereby order the further reorganization of certain health functions of the Department as follows: Organization. Three new operating agencies are hereby established to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the Public Health Service and the Food and Drug Administration. These operating agencies make up a newly constituted Public Health Service: (1) The National Institutes of Health. (2) The Health Services and Mental Health Administration. (3) The Food and Drug Administration. The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service shall provide professional leadership and guidance concerning all Department Health functions and shall serve as the principal deputy to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Functions and responsibilities-Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs shall continue to be responsible for all functions presently assigned to it. National Institutes of Health. The National Institutes of Health shall be responsible for all of the functions presently assigned to the National Institutes of Health, the Bureau of Health Manpower, and the National Library of Medicine. The National Institutes of Health shall be headed by a Director who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Health Services and Mental Health Administration. The Health Services and Mental Health Administration shall be responsible for all of the functions presently assigned to the Public Health Service except the functions assigned to the National Institutes of Heaith, the Bureau of Health Manpower, and the National Library of Medicine. The Health Services and Mental Health Administration shall be headed by an Administrator who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration shall be responsible for all of the functions presently assigned to the Food and Drug Administration. The Food and Drug Administration shall continue to be headed by a Commissioner who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. Continuation of Regulations. All regulations, rules, orders, statements of policy, or interpretations with respect to the Public Health Service or the Food and Drug Administration heretofore issued and in effect prior to the date of this Reorganization Order or to become effective subsequent to said date are continued in full force and effect. Prior Statements of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority. To the exent inconsistent with this Reorganization Order, all previous statements of organization, functions, and delegations of authority, and chapters of the Department's Organization Manual are superseded by this Reorganization Order, except that, pending further orders by the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, all redelegations by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service or the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to any other officer or employee of any office, institute, bureau, division, center or other organizational unit in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Reorganization Order shall continue in effect in them or their successors. Effective date. This Reorganization Order shall be effective April 1, 1968. Dated: April 1, 1968. [SEAL.] WILBUR J. COHEN, [F.R. Doc. 68-4121; Filed, Apr. 4, 1968; 8:49 a.m.] [From the Federal Register, July 10, 1968] Office of the Secretary REORGANIZATION ORDER Under the authority of section 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 and section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1966, and in furtherance of the Reorganization Orders dated March 13, 1968, and April 1, 1968. I hereby order the further reorganization of certain health functions of the Department as follows: ORGANIZATION CONSUMER PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICE There is hereby established the Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service within the Public Health Service which shall consist of the following Administrations: (1) The Food and Drug Administration. (2) The Environmental Control Administration. (3) The National Air Pollution Control Administration. The Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service shall be headed by an Administrator who shall report to the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs. HEALTH SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION The organization of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration is hereby modified to reflect the transfers indicated below: The Division of Regional Medical Programs is hereby transferred from the National Institutes of Health to the Health Services and Mental Health Administration with the Division Director reporting directly to the Administrator, Health Services and Mental Health Administration. The National Communicable Disease Center (except for its pesticides, Aedes aegypti, rodent control, and environmental sanitation training functions) is hereby transferred from the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control to the Health Services and Mental Health Administration with its Director reporting directly to the Administrator, Health Services and Mental Health Administration. The National Center for Chronic Disease Control is transferred from the Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control to the National Center for Health Services Research and Development in the Health Services and Mental Health Administration with the Director of the Chronic Disease Control Programs reporting directly to the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research and Development. BUREAU OF DISEASE PREVENTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL The office of the Bureau Director is hereby transferred to the office of the Administrator of the Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service. The Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control is hereby abolished. FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, CONSUMER PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICE The Office of the Administrator shall be responsible for the direction of the functions assigned to the Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service and its Administrations. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION The Food and Drug Administration shall be responsible for all of the functions presently assigned to the Food and Drug Administration: the responsibilities pertaining to the pesticides functions and certain training functions of the National Communicable Disease Center; the functions pertaining to product safe ty, milk and food protection, shellfish certification, and interstate carrier certification in the National Center for Urban and Industrial Health; and the functions pertaining to poison control of the Division of Direct Health Services, Bureau of Health Services, Health Services and Mental Health Administration. The Food and Drug Administration shall be headed by a Commissioner who shall report directly to the Administrator, Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service. NATIONAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION The National Air Pollution Control Administration shall be responsible for all the functions presently assigned to the National Center for Air Pollution Control, and the functions pertaining to the national air monitoring surveillance network presently assigned to the National Center for Radiological Health. The National Air Pollution Control Administration shall be headed by a Commissioner who shall report directly to the Administrator, Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ADMINISTRATION The Environmental Control Administration shall be responsible for all the functions presently assigned to the National Center for Urban and Industrial Health except those functions assigned by this order to the Food and Drug Administration; the functions assigned to the National Center for Radiological Health except those functions assigned by this order to the National Air Pollution Control Administration; and the functions pertaining to Aedes aegypti, rodent control, and the basic sanitation training activities of the National Communicable Disease Center. The Environmental Control Administration shall be headed by a Commissioner who shall report directly to the Administrator, Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service. CONTINUATION OF REGULATIONS Except as inconsistent with this order and the Reorganization Orders of March 13 and April 1, 1968, all regulations, rules, orders, statements of policy, or interpretations with respect to the Public Health Service and to the Food and Drug Administration heretofore issued, and either in effect immediately prior to the date of this Reorganization Order or to become effective subsequent to said dates are continued in full force and effect. PRIOR STATEMENTS OF ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY To the extent inconsistent with this Reorganization Order and the orders of March 13, 1968, and April 1, 1968, all previous statements of organization, functions, and delegations of authority, and chapters of the Department's Organization Manual are superseded by this Reorganization Order, except that, pending further delegations, directives, or orders by the Assistant Secretary for Health and Science Affairs, the Administrator, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, and the Administrator, Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service, all delegations to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, the Administrator, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, the Director, National Institutes of Health, or the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and all redelegations by these officials to any other officer or employee of any office, institute, bureau, division, center or other organizational unit in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Reorganization Order shall continue in effect in them or their successors. Redelegations of appropriate administrative and financial management authorities shall be made by the Assistant Secretary for Administration and the Assistant Secretary, Comptroller, respectively, to the Administrator, Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service. This order does not revoke, rescind, or modify any delegations or redelegations to the Surgeon General in relation to administration of the Commissioned Corps, Public Health Service, in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this order. |