[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65932-65933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29213]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-04-04]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210. Send written 
comments to CDC, Desk Officer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax 
to (202) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: Restriction on Travel of Persons (OMB No. 0920-
0488)--Extension--National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CDC 
consolidated regulations related to controlling the spread of 
communicable diseases. FDA formerly administered the regulations 
contained in part 1240 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, which 
pertained to interstate control of communicable diseases. These 
regulations may now be found in part 70 of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    FDA transferred 21 CFR part 1240 to CDC. This mandate regulates the 
interstate travel of any person who is in the communicable period of 
cholera, plague, smallpox, typhus, or yellow fever, or who, having been 
exposed to any such disease, is in the incubation period thereof. One 
of the sections--

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formerly 21 CFR 1240.50 and now 42 CFR 70.5 (Certain communicable 
diseases; special requirements)--contains a requirement for reporting 
certain information to the Federal government. Specifically, this 
regulation requires any person who is in the communicable period of 
cholera, plague, smallpox, typhus or yellow fever, or who, having been 
exposed to any such disease, is in the incubation period thereof, to 
apply for and receive a permit from the Surgeon General or his 
authorized representative in order to travel from one State or 
possession to another.
    Control of disease transmission within the States is considered to 
be the province of state and local health authorities, with federal 
assistance being sought by those authorities on a cooperative basis 
without application of federal regulations. The regulations formerly 
administered by FDA and assumed by CDC were developed to facilitate 
Federal action in the event of large outbreaks requiring a coordinated 
effort involving several states, or in the event of inadequate local 
control. While it is not known whether, or to what extent situations 
may arise in which these regulations would be invoked, contingency 
planning for domestic emergency preparedness is now commonplace. Should 
this occur, CDC will use the reporting and record-keeping requirements 
contained in the regulations to carry out quarantine responsibilities 
as required by law. The estimated annualized burden is 3,600 hours.

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                                                                                      No. of          Average
          Regulation/purpose                   Respondent             No. of       responses per    burden per
                                                                    applicants       applicant       response
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42 CFR 70.3 Application to the State    Any person with a                  2,000               1           15/60
 of destination for a permit to move     communicable disease
 from one State to another with a        who is seeking to
 communicable disease.                   travel from one State
                                         to another.
                                        Attending physician.....           2,000               1           15/60
42 CFR 70.3 Copy of material submitted  State health authority..               8             250            6/60
 by applicant and permit issued by
 State health authority under this
 provision.
42 CFR 70.4 Report by the master of a   The master of a vessel             1,500               1           15/60
 vessel person in charge of a            or person in charge of
 conveyance of the incidence of a        a conveyance engaged in
 communicable disease occurring while    interstate traffic when
 in interstate transit.                  a case or potential
                                         case of a communicable
                                         disease is identified.
42 CFR 70.4 Copy of material submitted  State or local health                 20              75            6/60
 to State or local health authority      authority.
 under this provision.
42 CFR 70.5 Application for a permit    Any person with or in              3,750               1           15/60
 to move from State to State while in    the incubation period
 the communicable period of or having    of certain communicable
 been exposed to smallpox.               diseases who is seeking
                                         to travel form one
                                         State to another.
                                        Attending physician.....           3,750               1           15/60
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    Dated: November 17, 2003.
Laura Yerdon Martin,
Acting Director, Executive Secretariat, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-29213 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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