[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8668-8669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4035]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


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

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:
    Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 
Scholarship Program Deferment Request Forms and Associated Reporting 
Requirements (OMB No. 0915-0179)--Extension.
    The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program was 
established to assure an adequate supply of trained primary care health 
professionals to the neediest communities in the Health Professional 
Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States. Under the program, 
allopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentists, nurse 
practitioners, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and, if needed by 
the NHSC program, students of other health professionals are offered 
the opportunity to enter into a contractual agreement with the 
Secretary under which the Public Health Service agrees to pay the total 
school tuition, required fees and a stipend for living expenses. In 
exchange, the scholarship recipient agrees to provide full-time 
clinical services at a site in a federally designated HPSA.
    Once the scholars have met their academic requirements, the law 
requires that individuals receiving a degree from a school of medicine, 
osteopathic medicine or dentistry be allowed to defer their service 
obligation for a maximum of 3 years to complete approved internship, 
residency or other advanced clinical training. The Deferment Request 
Form provides the information necessary for considering the period and 
type of training for which deferment of the service obligation will be 
approved.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                          Number of        Responses per        Hours per
                Form                     respondents         respondent          response      Total hour burden
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Deferment Request Forms.............               600                  1                  1                600
Letters of Intent and Request.......               100                  1                  1                100
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    Total...........................               700   .................  .................               700
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Desk Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration, Human

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Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 18, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-4035 Filed 2-24-04; 8:45 am]
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