97-14531. Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 30590-30591]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-14531]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    [30 DAY-11-97]
    
    
    Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
    
        The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
    list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
    Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
    Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
    the CDC Reports Clearance Office on (404) 639-7090. Send written 
    comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
    Executive Office Building, Room 10235; Washington, DC 20503. Written 
    comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
    
    Proposed Project
    
        1. Continuing Medical Education (CME) Activity Registration Form--
    (0923-0013)--Extension--The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
    Registry (ATSDR) is mandated pursuant to the 1980 Comprehensive 
    Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and its 
    1986 Amendments, The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 
    (SARA), to prevent or mitigate adverse human health effects and 
    diminished quality of life resulting from the exposure to hazardous 
    substances into the environment. As stated in CERCLA, the Administrator 
    of ATSDR is charged to ``assemble, develop as necessary, and distribute 
    to the states, and upon request to medical colleges, physicians, and 
    other health professionals, appropriate educational materials 
    (including short courses) on this topic''.
        The development and use of activity registration forms for 
    documenting participation in these activities at these meetings is an 
    integral part of this process. This attendance documentation process is 
    required by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education 
    (ACCME), the body that authorizes agencies and institutions to award 
    nationally recognized continuing medical education (CME) credit. As a 
    condition of relicensure, physicians in 40 states are required to 
    participate in CME courses. Individual physicians in these states are 
    required to submit the number of hours of CME credit to state boards of 
    professional registration at the time of relicensure. Failure by the 
    physician to provide this information in a timely fashion will result 
    in suspension of professional licensure.
        This request is for a 3-year extension of the current OMB approval 
    of uniform CME activity registration forms--one machine entry form and 
    the other manually entered--to serve as the initial step in the 
    development of an attendance documentation system. The total annual 
    burden hours are 83.
    
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                                                                      Number of     Average burden/                 
                     Respondents                     Number of        responses/      response (in     Total burden 
                                                    respondents       respondent         hrs.)          (in hrs.)   
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    Manual Entry Registration Form..............             500                1            0.083             41.5 
    Scantron Registration Form..................             500                1            0.083             41.5 
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        Dated: May 29, 1997.
    Wilma G. Johnson,
    Acting Associate Director for Policy Planning And Evaluation, Centers 
    for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    [FR Doc. 97-14531 Filed 6-3-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
06/04/1997
Department:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-14531
Pages:
30590-30591 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
30 DAY-11-97
PDF File:
97-14531.pdf