[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 73 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20123-20124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7744]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-209]


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

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services (CMS), 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 function; (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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Laboratory 
Personnel Report (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 
1988(CLIA)) and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1357, 493.1363, 
493.1405, 493.1406, 493.1411, 493.1417, 493.1423, 493.1443, 493.1449, 
493.1455, 493.1461, 493.1462, 493.1469, 493.1483, 493.1489, and 
493.1491; Use: This form is used by the State agency to determine a 
laboratory's compliance with personnel qualifications under CLIA. This 
information is needed for a laboratory's certification and 
recertification; Form Number: CMS-209 (OMB: 0938-0151); 
Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or 
Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 21,000; Total Annual 
Responses: 10,500; Total Annual Hours: 5,250.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web 
site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/, or E-mail your 
request,

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including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS document 
identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports Clearance 
Office on (410) 786-1326.
    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: Christopher Martin, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 8, 2005.
Jimmy L. Wickliffe,
CMS Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Regulations Development 
Group.
[FR Doc. 05-7744 Filed 4-15-05; 8:45 am]
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