[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2098]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-209]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY:  Health Care Financing Administration.
    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.

    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Laboratory Personnel Report 
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-493.2001.
    Form No.: HCFA-0209 (OMB #0938-0151).
    Use: CLIA requires the Department of Health and Human Services 
(DHHS) to establish certification requirements for any laboratory that 
performs tests on human specimens, and to certify through the issuance 
of a certificate that those laboratories meet the requirements 
established by DHHS. The information collected on this survey form is 
used in the administrative pursuit of the Congressionally-mandated 
program with regard to regulation of laboratories participating in 
CLIA. Information on personnel qualifications of all technical 
personnel is needed to ensure the sample is representative of all 
laboratories.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 26,500.
    Total Annual Responses: 13,250.
    Total Annual Hours: 6,625.
    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 [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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 21, 2000.
John P. Burke, III,
Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-2098 Filed 1-31-00; 8:45 am]
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