[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16269-16270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05821]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-13-0017]
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) 395-6974. Written comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Application for Training (OMB No. 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 these forms to (1) grant public health professionals the
continuing education 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.
Accrediting organizations require a method of tracking participants
who complete an educational activity; collecting demographic data
allows CDC to meet this requirement. Several accrediting 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 and standardized training
application forms. The standardized data these forms request for
laboratory training, classroom study, online training, and distance
learning are not requested elsewhere. 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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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondent Form name respondents responses per response
respondent (hours)
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Health Professionals.................. Training and Continuing 75,000 1 5/60
Education Online New
Participant
Registration Form
(Attachment 4).
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Laboratorians......................... National Laboratory 6,500 1 5/60
Training Network
Registration Form
(Attachment 3).
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Dated: March 7, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-05821 Filed 3-13-13; 8:45 am]
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