[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]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondent                    Form name           respondents    responses per     response
                                                                                    respondent        (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Professionals..................  Training and Continuing           75,000               1            5/60
                                         Education Online New
                                         Participant
                                         Registration Form
                                         (Attachment 4).

[[Page 16270]]

 
Laboratorians.........................  National Laboratory                6,500               1            5/60
                                         Training Network
                                         Registration Form
                                         (Attachment 3).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    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]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P