DETERMINATION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
OR SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND DECLARATION THAT CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST JUSTIFYING AN AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 564 OF THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)

As of this date, I hereby determine that there is a significant potential for a public health emergency that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad and that involves nerve agents or certain insecticides (organophosphorus and/or carbamate).

On the basis of this determination, I also hereby declare that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of injectable treatments for nerve agent or certain insecticide (organophosphorus and/or carbamate) poisoning pursuant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, subject to the terms of any authorization issued under that section.

April 11, 2017 _____________________________ Date

/s/ _____________________________ Thomas E. Price, M.D.