[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 157 (Monday, August 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 41437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19566]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Sterilization of Persons in Federally Assisted Family Planning 
Projects (July 17, 2009); Correction

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice: correction.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a 
document in the Federal Register of July 17, 2009, requesting OMB 
reauthorization of the form ``Sterilization of Persons in Federally 
Assisted Family Planning Projects.'' The document contained an 
incorrect citation to the HHS sterilization regulations; incorrectly 
identified the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), rather than the 
Public Health Service (PHS), as the agency within HHS that administers 
programs of health services which are supported by Federal financial 
assistance and which are required to obtain informed consent from 
persons undergoing sterilizations; incorrectly described the form that 
is required to be used to obtain informed consent; and incorrectly 
referred to the regulations to which the consent form is appended as 
OPA regulations rather than PHS regulations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherette Funn-Coleman, 202-690-5683.
    Corrections:
    In the Federal Register of July 17, 2009, in FR Doc. OS-0937-0166, 
on page 34757, in the second column, correct the citation to the 
sterilization regulations to read:
    Proposed Project: HHS 42 CFR part 50, subpart B; Sterilization of 
Persons in Federally Assisted Family Planning Projects--
    In the third column, correct the ``Abstract'' related to the 
consent form to read as follows:
    The consent form solicits information to assure voluntary and 
informed consent to persons undergoing sterilization in programs of 
health services which are supported by Federal financial assistance 
administered by the Public Health Service (PHS). The form provides 
additional procedural protections to individuals undergoing 
sterilization. In order to obtain informed consent, the regulation 
requires that programs use either the form that is appended to the PHS 
regulation or another consent form approved by the Secretary.

    Dated: August 7, 2009.
Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-19566 Filed 8-14-09; 8:45 am]
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