[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50996-50997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21255]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    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 or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 
Scholarship Program Deferment Request Forms and Associated 
Reporting Requirements (OMB No. 0915-0179)--Revision

    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program was 
established to assure an adequate supply of trained primary care health 
professionals to the neediest communities in the Health Professional 
Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States. Under the program, 
allopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentists, nurse 
practitioners, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and, if needed by 
the NHSC program, students of other 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 HPSA.
    Once the scholars have met their academic requirements, the law 
requires that individuals receiving a degree from a school of medicine, 
osteopathic medicine or dentistry be allowed to defer their service 
obligation for a maximum of 3 years to complete 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

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which deferment of the service obligation will be approved.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                                            Responses
                            Form                               Number of       per       Hours per    Total hour
                                                              respondents   respondent    response      burden
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Deferment Request Forms.....................................          600            1            1          600
Letters of Intent and Request...............................          100            1            1          100
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    Total...................................................          700                         2          700
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: August 15, 2000.
James J. Corrigan,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 00-21255 Filed 8-21-00; 8:45 am]
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