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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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