[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49491-49492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20685]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Privacy Act of 1974: Revision to Existing System of Records

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notification of an altered system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act, HRSA 
is publishing a notice of a proposal to revise an existing system of 
records, 09-15-0055, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 
(OPTN) Data System.

DATES: Effective Date: The modifications to this system will become 
effective without further notice on September 29, 2003, unless comments 
dictate otherwise. Comment Date: To be considered, written comments 
must be received on or before September 29, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to James Burdick, M.D., 
Director, Division of Transplantation, Office of Special Programs, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 
16C-17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Burdick, M.D., Director, 
Division of Transplantation, Office of Special Programs, HRSA, Parklawn 
Building, Room 16C-17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. 
The telephone number is 301-443-7577.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The current Notice of System of Records 
requires updated and expanded information in several sections, e.g., 
Name, System Locations, Categories of Records in the System, Purpose, 
Safeguards, and Retention and Disposal. In addition, this notice 
updates and modifies the routine uses of this Notice. Data collected by 
the OPTN are shared on a monthly basis with the contractor for the 
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and HRSA's Division 
of Transplantation (DoT), the Federal entity that oversees the OPTN and 
SRTR contracts. The notice is published below in its entirety, as 
amended.
    The definitions of the final rule governing the operation of the 
OPTN (42 CFR part 121) apply to this System of Records Notice.


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    Dated: August 4, 2003.
Jon Nelson,
Associate Administrator for Management and Program Support.
[FR Doc. 03-20685 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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