[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 50444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19501]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-282]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 provides for 
inspections on an announced or unannounced basis 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 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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Brenda Aguilar, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 23, 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. 02-19501 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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