[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54001-54002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22015]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0621]


Agency Information Collection (National Practitioner Data Bank 
(NPDB) Regulations) Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the 
collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and 
burden and includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through http://www.Regulations.gov; or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-0621'' in any correspondence

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, fax (202) 461-0966 or e-mail 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0621.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: National Practitioner Data Bank Regulations (NPDB).
    OMB Control Number: OMB Control No. 2900-0621.
    Type of Review: Extension of a previously approved collection.
    Abstracts: The National Practitioner Data Bank, authorized by the 
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and administered by the 
Department of Health and Human Service, was established for the purpose 
of collecting and releasing certain information concerning physicians, 
dentists, and other licensed health care practitioners. The Act 
requires VA to obtain information from the Data Bank on health care 
providers who provide or seek to provide health care services at VA 
facilities and report information regarding malpractice payments and 
adverse clinical privileges action to the Data Bank.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published on June 7, 2011, at page 33032.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,500.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondents: 5 hours.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 500.

    Dated: August 24, 2011.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
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