[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75620-75621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30742]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DOD-2012-HA-0165]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs announces the extension of an existing public 
information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions 
thereof. 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 information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February 
19, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are

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received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact 
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD), TRICARE 
Operations Division, ATTN: Lt Col Kathleen Gates, 7700 Arlington Blvd., 
Suite 5101, Falls Church, VA 22042, or call TRICARE Operations 
Division, at 703-681-0039.
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Department of Defense 
Active Duty/Reserve Forces Dental Examination; DD Form 2813; OMB Number 
0720-0222.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to obtain and record the dental health status of members of the Armed 
Forces. This form is the means for civilian dentists to record the 
results of their findings and provide the information to the member's 
military organization. The military organizations are required by 
Department of Defense policy to track the dental status of its members.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Annual Burden Hours: 35,560.
    Number of Respondents: 711,204.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 3 minutes.
    Frequency: Annually.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    Respondents are medical professionals who provide dental services. 
Members of the Armed Forces of the United States are the recipients of 
the dental examination. The Armed Forces Reserve component members must 
maintain their dental health at a predetermined level so problems do 
not occur when they are deployed to a military operation. Reserve 
component members usually receive their dental care from civilian 
dentists; therefore it would be civilian dentists who would complete 
the form. Following a routine dental examination, the dentist would 
review the categories listed on the form and circle the number 
corresponding to the condition that best describes the dental health of 
the patient. If dental problems can be identified, they are indicated 
on the form. Once the form is complete and the dentist signs it, the 
members take the form back to the organization to which they belong. 
The information on the form is logged into a database. The form is kept 
in the health record until no longer needed and then it is destroyed.

    Dated: December 18, 2012.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2012-30742 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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