[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5351]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-43]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA), Department of Health and Human Services, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Conditions of Participation for 
Portable X-ray suppliers and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR Sections 
486.104, 486.106, and 486.110;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-43 (OMB# 0938-0338);
    Use: This information is needed to determine if portable X-ray 
suppliers are in compliance with published health and safety 
requirements. These requirements are among other requirements 
classified as conditions of participation or conditions for coverage. 
These conditions are based on a provision specified in law relating to 
diagnostic X-ray tests ``furnished in a place of residence used as the 
patient's home,'' and are designed to ensure that each supplier has a 
properly trained staff to provide the appropriate type and level of 
care, as well as, a safe physical environment for patients. HCFA uses 
these conditions to certify suppliers of portable X-ray services 
wishing to participate in the Medicare program;
    Frequency: Annually;
     Affected Public: Business or other for-profit;
    Number of Respondents: 670;
    Total Annual Responses: 670;
    Total Annual Hours: 1,675.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's 
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail 
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and 
HCFA document identifier, to P[email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
within 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 23, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-5351 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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