[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 14660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7110]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0001]


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary, 
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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Waiver of the Two-Year Home-
Country Physical Presence Requirement for Physician Exchange Visitors 
to Deliver Health Care Services in Underserved Areas and Supporting 
regulations 45 CFR part 50.1 through 50.8; Form No.: OMB 0938-
0001; Use: Section 50.4 of the interim final rule published in the 
Federal Register Vol. 67, No. 244, page 77692, on December 19, 2002 
contains information collection requirements currently approved under 
OMB Control Number 0990-0001. Sections 50.5(e)(4) and (5) of the rule 
contain disclosure requirements. Section 50.5(e)(4) requires facilities 
or practices sponsoring an Exchange Visitor waiver request for the 
delivery of health care to post a notice of the charges for services. 
On an annual basis it is estimated that it will take 300 practices one 
hour each to prepare and post such notices. The total annual burden 
associated with this requirement is 300 hours. Section 50.5(e)(5) of 
the rules contains the requirements for the submission of evidence that 
the applicant made unsuccessful efforts to recruit a U.S. physician. 
The burden associated with these requirements is the time and effort 
necessary for an applicant to submit the documentation. On an annual 
basis it is estimated that it will take 300 applicants two hours each 
to prepare and submit this documentation. The total annual burden 
associated with this requirement is 600 hours. As a note we are 
requesting approval of the revised forms that are currently approved 
under OMB number 0990-0001, which are used by the public to comply with 
the information collection requirements contained in the interim final 
rule denoted above.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals, Organizations.
    Number of Respondents: 600 (300 facilities/300 applicants).
    Total Annual Responses: 600.
    Total Annual Hours: 900 (300 facilities/600 applicants).
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, or E-mail your 
request, including your address, phone number, OS document identifier, 
to [email protected], or call the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 
690-8356. 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 (OMB 0990-0001), New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: March 10, 2003.
John P. Burke, III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 03-7110 Filed 3-25-03; 8:45 am]
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