[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42698-42699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20117]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30DAY-19-99]


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 Officer at (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 Projects

    1. Application for Training for the CDC Distance Learning Program, 
Laboratory Training, and Other Training--(0920-0017)--Reinstatement--
The Public Health Practice Program Office (PHPPO) is requesting an 
emergency clearance to resume data collection for the training forms 
associated with this clearance. We also plan on modifying/revising 
segments of the application forms. PHPPO in conjunction with the Public 
Health Training Network (PHTN) and the National Laboratory Training 
Network (NLTN) at CDC includes the Distance Learning Program which 
offers self-study, computer-based training, satellite broadcast, video 
courses, instructor-led field courses, and lab courses related to 
public health professionals worldwide. Employees of hospitals, 
universities, medical centers, laboratories, state and federal 
agencies, and state and local health departments apply for training in 
an effort to learn up-to-date public health procedures. The 
``Application for Training'' forms are the official applications used 
for all training activities conducted by the CDC.
    The Continuing Education (CE) Program, which includes CDCs 
accreditation to provide Continuing Medical Education (CME), Continuing 
Nurse Education (CNE) and Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for almost 
all training activities, requires a unique identifying number, 
preferably the respondent's Social Security Number (SSN), to positively 
identify and track individuals who have been awarded CE credit. It is 
often necessary to identify individuals currently enrolled in courses, 
or to retrieve historical information as to when a particular 
individual completed a course or several courses over a time period. 
This information provides the basis for producing a requested 
transcript or determining if a person is enrolled in more than one 
course. The use of the SSN is the only positive way of assigning a 
unique number to a unique individual for this purpose. However, the use 
of the SSN is voluntary; if a student chooses not to submit a SSN, CDC 
assigns a unique identifier. The reason the SSN, rather than an 
arbitrary assigned number is preferred, is because students are not 
likely to remember an arbitrary number. A student's participation in 
the curriculum of self-study courses sometimes spans a number of years. 
The SSN is necessary for eliminating duplicate enrollments; for 
properly crediting students with completed course work who have similar 
names or have changed addresses; for generating transcripts of previous 
completed course work on a cumulative basis. Due to the volume of 
enrollments, CDC Form 36.5 has been previously approved and used for 
years as an optical mark scan form. Use of this form, along with the 
use of the Social Security Number, greatly enhances CDC's capability to 
process a much greater volume of enrollments in less time with much 
greater accuracy. The total burden hours are 8,025.

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                                                                                     Number of     Avg. burden/
                           Respondents                               Number of      responses/     response (in
                                                                    respondents     respondent         hrs.)
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Application for Training--CDC 0.759A............................           6,300               1          0.0833
Application for Laboratory Training--CDC 32.1...................          10,000               1          0.0833
Application for Distance Learning Program--CDC 36.5.............          40,000               1           10/60
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Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-20117 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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