2123 Drug, Device and Cosmetic Board meeting

Drug, Device and Cosmetic Board Meeting

[28 Pa.B. 6349]

   A meeting of the Department of Health's Drug, Device and Cosmetic Board has been scheduled for January 6, 1999. The Board meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room 812 of the Health and Welfare Building, Seventh and Forster Streets, Harrisburg, PA. The purpose of the meeting is for the Board to review a petition presented by the Attorney General of Pennsylvania requesting that the drug Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) be scheduled as a Schedule I controlled substance in the Controlled Substance Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act and regulations. A Schedule I controlled substance is a drug with a high potential for abuse with no currently accepted medical use in the United States and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.

   For additional information, or for persons with a disability who desire to attend the meeting and require an auxiliary aide service, or other accommodation to do so, contact John Hair, Director, Bureau of Community Program Licensure and Certification at [phone].

   V/TT [phone] for speech and/or hearing impaired persons or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone] [TT].

   This meeting is subject to cancellation without notice.

DANIEL F. HOFFMANN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-2123. Filed for public inspection December 24, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]