[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63353-63354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31209]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in
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compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter
35). To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for
review, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
Proposed Project: Deferment Request Form for NHSC and NHH
Scholarship Programs (OMB NO. 0915-0179) Extension, No Change
We are requesting an extension of the OMB clearance for the
Deferment Request Form and associated reporting requirements for the
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program and the Native
Hawaiian Health (NHH) Scholarship Program. The NHSC/NHH Scholarship
Programs are authorized by Section 338A and Section 338K of the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act. The requirements for obligated service, found
in Section 338C of the PHS Act, include provisions for deferment of the
service obligation under certain circumstances.
Under these programs, allopathic physicians, osteopathic
physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physician
assistants, and, if needed by the NHSC or NHH program, students of
other health professions (including mental health professionals) are
offered the opportunity to enter into a contractual agreement with the
Secretary under which the Public Health Service agrees to pay the total
school tuition, required fees and a stipend for living expenses. In
exchange, the scholarship recipient agrees to provide full-time
clinical services at a site in a federally designated Health
Professions Shortage Areas (HPSA) of the United States. NHH scholarship
recipients must be native Hawaiians and are assigned to sites in
Hawaii. The minimum service obligation is 2 years.
Once scholarship recipients have completed their academic
requirements, the law requires that selected types of recipients be
allowed to defer their service obligation in order to complete an
approved internship, residency, or other advanced clinical training.
The Deferment Request Form provides the information necessary for
considering the period and type of training for which deferment of the
service obligation will be approved for physicians and dentists.
In addition, these programs have two other reporting requirements
for which no forms have been developed, including:
(1) Individuals who are in a deferment status are required to
submit requests in writing for modifications to the deferment (e.g.,
extension of deferment or change of residency programs); and (2)
Dentists, who can either begin their service obligation immediately
after graduation or can be deferred for up to three years, are required
to notify the program in writing of their intent to request deferment.
The estimated burden on respondents is as follows:
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Responses Total
Type of report Number of per Hours per burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Deferment Form.............................................. 600 1 .5 300
Requests for Change of Deferment and Letters of Intent...... 100 1 1 100
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Total................................................... 700 ........... ........... 400
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.
20503.
Dated: November 21, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-31209 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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