[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]
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