[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 55 (Thursday, March 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17406-17407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06495]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30 Day-13-0217]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments 
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or 
by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 
days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Vital Statistics Training Application, OMB No. 0920-0217 (expires 
May 31, 2013)--Revision--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In the United States, legal authority for the registration of vital 
events, i.e., births, deaths, marriages, divorces, fetal deaths, and 
induced terminations of pregnancy, resides individually with the States 
(as well as cities in the case of New York City and Washington, DC) and 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These governmental 
entities are the full legal proprietors of vital records and the 
information contained therein. As a result of this State authority, the 
collection of registration-based vital statistics at the national 
level, referred to as the U.S. National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), 
depends on a cooperative relationship between the States and the 
Federal government. This data collection, authorized by 42 U.S.C. 242k, 
has been carried out by NCHS since it was created in 1960.
    NCHS assists in achieving the comparability needed for combining 
data from all States into national statistics, by conducting a training 
program for State and local vital statistics staff to assist in 
developing expertise in all aspects of vital registration and vital 
statistics. The training offered under this program includes courses 
for registration staff, statisticians, and coding specialists, all 
designed to bring about a high degree of uniformity and quality in the 
data provided by the States. This training program is authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 242b, section 304(a). NCHS notifies State and local vital 
registration officials, as well as Canadian counterparts, about 
upcoming training. Individual candidates for training then submit an 
application form including name, address, occupation, and other 
relevant information. NCHS is requesting 3 years of OMB clearance for 
these training application forms. There is no cost to respondents other 
than their time. The total burden for this project is 30 hours.

                                              Average Annual Burden
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
          Type of respondent                    Form name            Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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State, Local health department and      Application for                       60               1           15/60
 Canadian vital health employees.        Mortality coding
                                         Training.
State, Local health department and      Application for Vital                 60               1           15/60
 Canadian vital health employees.        Statistics Training.
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    Dated: March 15, 2013.
 Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI), Office of the Associate 
Director for Science (OADS), Office of the Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-06495 Filed 3-20-13; 8:45 am]
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