[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 39729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14438]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Ethical Issues 
Associated With Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Practice: A 
Comparative Analysis

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Clinical Bioethics, the 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the 
information collected listed below. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on January 
22, 2002, page 2892 and allowed 60 days for public comment. Public 
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an 
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of 
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required 
to respond to an information collection that has been extended, 
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Ethical Issues Associated with Nurse Practitioner and 
Physician Assistant Practice: A Comparative Analysis. Type of 
Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information 
Collected: The purposes of the study are (1) to examine whether the 
current practice environment has created ethical concerns/conflict for 
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the provision of 
patient care; (2) to explore relationships between selected individual, 
organizational, and state regulatory factors and ethical conflict in 
practice and the perceived delivery of quality care; and (3) to examine 
the perceived level of ethics preparedness and confidence in ethics 
decision-making. The findings will provide valuable information 
concerning: (1) The importance of ethics and ethical factors from the 
perspective of different professional groups, and (2) ethics 
educational needs of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. 
Frequency of Response: Once. Affected Public: Individuals; Academic 
Institutions, Business or for-profit; Not-for-profit organizations. 
Type of Respondents: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. The 
annual reporting burden follows in the table below. The annualized cost 
to respondents is estimated at: $97,500. There are no Capital Costs to 
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

Respondent and Burden Estimate Information

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                                                                                                      Estimated
                                                                            Estimated     Average       total
                                                               Estimated    number of      burden       annual
                     Type of respondents                       number of    responses    hours per      burden
                                                              respondents      per        response      hours
                                                                            respondent                requested
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Nurse Practitioners.........................................         1950            1          .33        643.5
Physician Assistants........................................         1950            1          .33        643.5
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    Total...................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........         1287
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Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used, (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond including the use 
of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 
Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or 
to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: 
Connie Ulrich, RN, PhD., Principal Investigator, Department of Clinical 
Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, Building 10, Room 1C118, 
Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 451-8338 or E-
mail your request, including your address to [email protected].

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
David K. Henderson,
Deputy Director, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National 
Institutes of Health.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Director, Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical 
Center, National Institutes of Health.

[FR Doc. 02-14438 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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