[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1762]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-00-20]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention is providing opportunity for public comment on proposed data 
collection projects. To request more information on the proposed 
projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques for other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.

Proposed Projects

    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. Other than their 
time, there will be no cost to the respondents.

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                                                                      No. of
                   Respondents                        No. of        responses/      Avg. burden    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
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Manual Entry Registration Form..................           2,000               1            4/60             133
Scantron Registration Form......................           3,000               1            5/60             250
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      Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             383
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    Dated: January 20, 2000.
Nancy Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-1762 Filed 1-25-00; 8:45 am]
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