[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57301-57302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28739]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0185]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA), Department of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the
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following summary of proposed collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Granting and
Withdrawal of Deeming Authority to Private Nonprofit Accreditation
Organizations and of CLIA Exemption Under State Laboratory Programs and
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.551-493.557; Form No.: HCFA-R-185
(OMB# 0938-0686); Use: The information required is necessary to
determine whether a private accreditation organization/State licensure
program standards and accreditation/licensure process is equal to or
more stringent than those of CLIA. This information also provides a
CLIA exemption of laboratories in a State that applies licensure
requirements that are equal to or more stringent than those of CLIA;
Frequency: Initial Application/as needed; Affected Public: Not-for-
profit institutions, and State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of
Respondents: 22; Total Annual Responses: 11; Total Annual Hours: 2,112.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and
HCFA document identifier, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Dated: October 19, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-28739 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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