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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Agency Forms Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for
Clearance
Each Friday the Public Health Service (PHS) publishes a list of
information collection requests it has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The following requests
have been submitted to OMB since the list was last published on Friday,
March 11, 1994.
(Call PHS Reports Clearance Officer on 202-690-7100 for copies of
request).
1. Employee vital Status Letter--0920-0035 (Revision)--The Vital
Status letter is sent to members of retrospective studies to determine
if an employee who was exposed to a toxic substance in the workplace
that is suspected of causing long-term adverse health effects is
deceased or alive. This letter is used as a last resort, after all
other methods have been exhausted. Respondents: Individuals or
households; Number of Respondents: 252; Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: .17 hour; Estimated Annual
Burden: 42 hours.
2. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey--0920-0234 (Revision)--
Data collected from office-based physicians concerning patient visits
are aggregated to national statistics. The data are used by the public
and private sectors for public health planning, medical education,
health manpower assessment, epidemiologic studies, and other medical
care utilization research. Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit,
Small businesses or organizations: Number of Respondents: 3,613; Number
of Responses per Respondent: 31; Average Burden per Response: .0403
hour; Estimated Annual Burden: 4,516 hours.
3. Application for Appointment as a Commissioned Officer in the
U.S. Public Health Service--0937-0208 (Extension, no change)--This
application is used by individuals to apply for appointment in the
Commission Corps of the Public Health Service and to obtain references
which are part of the application process. Information obtained is used
by PHS officials to evaluate candidates for employment. Respondents:
Individuals or households.
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No. of
No. of responses Average burden per
Title respondents per response
respondent
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Application................ 4,225 1 1 hour.
Reference Form............. 17,000 1 .25 hour.
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Estimate Total Annual Burden: 8,450.
4. Human Tissue Intended for Transportation 21 CFR 1270 (Interim
Rule)--New--The Food and Drug Administration issued an interim rule
requiring certain infectious disease testing, donor screening, and
recordkeeping to help prevent the transmission of AIDS and hepatitis
through human tissue used in transplantation. Respondents: Businesses
or other for-profit, Non-profit institutions, Small businesses or
organizations.
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No. of
No. of responses Average burden per
Title respondents per response
respondent
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1270.7(b) Recordkeeping.... 400 1 10 hours.
1270.9(a) & .11(a) 200 1 2.083 hours.
Recordkeeping.
1270.11(b) Recordkeeping... 400 1 .5 hours.
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Estimate Total Annual Burden: 4,616 hours.
5. Cardiac Pacemaker Registry--0910-0234 (Reinstatement)--This data
collection will collect information from physicians and providers who
perform Medicare-covered pacemaker procedures. The information is for
the Congressionally mandated Pacemaker Registry. Respondents:
Businesses or other-for-profit; Non-profit institutions; Small
businesses or organizations: Number of Respondents: 1; Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: 1 hour;
Estimated Annual Burden: 1 hour.
6. 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey--0920-0311
(Reinstatement)--Effective programs to prevent death and to finance and
provide care for the seriously ill require knowledge about
characteristics and behaviors of decedents in the U.S. The survey will
secure such information for a national sample of decedents dying in
1993 from next-of-kin informants and medical examiners/coroners.
Respondent: Individuals or households, State or local governments.
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No. of
No. of responses
Title respondents per Average burden per
respondent response
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Next-of-Kin................ 7,820 1 .917 hour.
Medical Examiners/Coroners. 289 8 .33 hour.
Funeral Homes.............. 592 1 .083 hour.
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Estimate Total Annual Burden: 8,020 hours.
7. Study of the Consequences of Whistleblowing--New--42 CFR part 50
and section 493(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289(b))
together define efforts to protect the position and reputation of those
persons who in good faith make allegations of research misconduct. This
survey of persons whose cases have been closed will provide background
information to assure adequate protections in new regulations.
Respondents: Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 100;
Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden per Response: .53
hours; Estimated Annual Burden: 53 hours.
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collections should be sent within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB Desk Officer designated below at the following
address: Shannah Koss, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New
Executive Office Building, room 3002, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: March 22, 1994.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Health Planning and
Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 94-7092 Filed 3-24-94; 8:45 am]
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