[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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