[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 34938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12240]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-282]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services (CMS) (formerly known as 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: Blood Bank Inspection Checklist 
and Report and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1269-493.1285.
    Form No.: CMS-282 (OMB # 0938-0170).
    Use: The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 
requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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 HHS. The 
law provides for inspections on an announced or unannounced basis 
during regular hours of operation. All records and information having a 
bearing on whether the laboratory is being operated in accordance with 
the law can be requested by the surveyor. The CMS-282 is the Blood Bank 
Inspection Checklist and Report which is outlined in the CLIA of 1988.
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, Business or other 
for-profit, Federal Government, and State, Local, and Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,363.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,363.
    Total Annual Hours: 682.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'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 CMS 
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 60 days of this notice directly to the CMS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Information 
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise 
Standards, Attention: Julie brown, CMS-282, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: May 2, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS 
Office of Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division 
of CMS Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 02-12240 Filed 5-15-02; 8:45 am]
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