[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34140-34141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9200]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c) (2) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more 
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans, call the Heath Resources and Services Administration 
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    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 collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be

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collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques of other forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Emergency Systems for Advance Registration of 
Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)--NEW

    The Emergency Systems for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health 
Professionals (ESAR-VHP) program requires that each State and Territory 
develop a system for registering and verifying the licenses, 
credentials, and privileges of health care volunteers in advance of an 
emergency. HRSA proposes to develop a common set of standards and 
definitions that each State and Territory must use in developing these 
State-based volunteer registry systems. The establishment of a common 
set of standards and definitions will give each State the ability to 
quickly identify and better utilize volunteer health professionals in 
an emergency and provide a common framework for sharing pre-registered 
volunteers between States.
    HRSA will be developing the standards and definitions in 
collaboration with the States, the American Hospital Association, Joint 
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, American Board 
of Medical Specialties, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 
American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, and other 
health professional associations.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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                                                  Average number
              Form                   Number of     of responses        Total         Hours per     Total burden
                                    respondents   per respondent     responses       response          hours
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Volunteer Application...........         135,000               1         135,000             .33          44,550
Highest Level Verification......            * 54             125           6,750             .17           1,148
Lowest Level Verification.......              54           2,375         128,250             .05           6,413
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    Total.......................         135,054  ..............         270,000  ..............         52,111
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* States/territories are counted once in the total for respondents to avoid duplicatation.
Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-33 Parklawn Building, 5600
  Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of this notice.


    Dated: June 6, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-9200 Filed 6-12-06; 8:45 am]
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