[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71800-71801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29174]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60 Day-13-0017]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 
and send comments to Ron Otten, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 
30333 or send an email to [email protected].
    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 collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Application for Training (0920-0017, Expiration 03/31/2013)--
Revision--Scientific Education and Professional Development Program 
Office (SEPDPO), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory 
Services (OSELS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    CDC offers public health training activities to professionals 
worldwide. Employees of hospitals, universities, medical centers, 
laboratories, State and Federal agencies, and State and local health 
departments apply for training to learn up-to-date public health 
practices. CDC's training activities include laboratory training, 
classroom study, online training, and distance learning. CDC uses two 
training application forms, the Training and Continuing Education 
Online New Participant Registration Form and the National Laboratory 
Training Network Registration Form, to collect information necessary to 
manage and conduct training pertinent to the agency's mission.
    CDC requests OMB approval to continue to collect information 
through

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these forms to (1) grant public health professionals the continuing 
education (CE) they need to maintain professional licenses and 
certifications, (2) create a transcript or summary of training at the 
participant's request, (3) generate management reports, and (4) 
maintain training statistics; and a revision that will allow CDC to 
comply with new continuing education accreditation organization 
requirements for collection of additional profession-specific data.
    CDC is accredited by six different continuing education (CE) 
organizations to award CE: (1) The International Association for 
Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to provide Continuing 
Education Units (CEUs), (2) the Accreditation Council for Continuing 
Medical Education (ACCME) to provide Continuing Medical Education 
credits (CME), (3) the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANNC) to 
provide Continuing Nurse Education credits (CNE), (4) the National 
Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC) to award CHES 
credit, (5) the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to 
provide continuing pharmacy credit, and (6) the American Association of 
Veterinary State Boards to award Registry of Approved Continuing 
Education (RACE) credit. The accrediting organizations require a method 
of tracking participants who complete an educational activity and 
demographic data allows CDC to do so. Also, several of the 
organizations require a permanent record that includes the 
participant's name, address, and phone number, to facilitate retrieval 
of historical information about when a participant completed a course 
or several courses during a time period. This information provides the 
basis for a transcript or for determining whether a person is enrolled 
in more than one course. CDC uses the email address to verify the 
participant's electronic request for transcripts, verify course 
certificates, and send confirmation that a participant is registered 
for a course.
    Tracking course attendance and meeting accrediting organizations' 
standards for reporting, require uniform standardized training 
application forms. The standardized data these forms request for 
laboratory training, classroom study, online training, and distance 
learning are not requested elsewhere. In other words, these forms do 
not duplicate requests for information from participants. Data are 
collected only once per course or once per new registration. The annual 
burden table has been updated to reflect an increase in distance 
learning to 6,792 burden hours; that is an average burden of 5 minutes 
per respondent. There is no cost to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                      No. of        Avg. burden
      Type of respondents           Form name         No. of       responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       (in hrs)        (in hrs)
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Health Professionals..........  Training and              75,000               1            5/60           6,250
                                 Continuing
                                 Education
                                 Online New
                                 Participant
                                 Registration
                                 Form (36.5).
Laboratorians.................  National                   6,500               1            5/60             542
                                 Laboratory
                                 Training
                                 Network
                                 Registration
                                 Form (32.1).
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           6,792
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    Dated: November 26, 2012.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-29174 Filed 12-3-12; 8:45 am]
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