[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17784-17785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8872]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board, 
Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board 
announces the proposed public information collection and seeks public 
comment on the provisions thereof. 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 information collection; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
information collection on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Considerations will be given to all comments received by June 
10, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to Department of Defense Medical 
Examination Review Board (DoDMERB), 8034 Edgerton Drive, Suite 132, 
USAF Academy, CO 80840-2200, Attention: CMSgt Jaime P. Bouchard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this

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proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the above address, 
or call DoDMERB at (719) 333-7896.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Number: DoDMERB Report of Medical 
Examination, DD Forms 2351, 2369, 2370, 2372, 2374, 2378, 2379, 2380, 
2381, 2382, 2480, 2489, 2492, and 2632.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to determine the medical qualification of applicants to the five 
Service academies, the four-year Reserve Officer Training Corps College 
Scholarship Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force Scholarship and Non-
Scholarship Programs. The collection of medical history of each 
applicant is to determine if applicants meet medical standards outlined 
in Department of Defense Directive 6130.3, Physical Standards for 
Appointment, Enlistment and Induction, dated 2 May 1994.
    Affected Public: Individuals applying for entrance into one of the 
programs described above.
    Annual Burden Hours: 45,000.
    Number of Respondents: 45,000.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are individuals who are interested in applying to 
attend one of the five Service academies, the four-year Reserve Officer 
Training Corps Scholarship Program, Uniformed Services University of 
the Health Sciences, or Army, Navy, and Air Force Scholarship and Non-
Scholarship Programs.
    The completed forms are processed through medical reviewers 
representing their respective services to determine a medical 
qualification status. Associated forms may or may not be required 
depending on the medical information contained in the medical 
examination. If the medical examination and associated forms, if 
necessary, are not accomplished, individuals reviewing the medical 
examination cannot be readily assured of the medical qualifications of 
the individual. Without this process the individual applying to any of 
these programs could not have a medical qualification determination. It 
is essential that individuals have a medical qualification 
determination to ensure compliance with the physical standards 
established for each respective military service program.

Pamela Fitzgerald,
Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-8872 Filed 4-10-03; 8:45 am]
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