Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances; Notice of Meeting, 28052-28054 [E6-7302]

Download as PDF 28052 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 93 / Monday, May 15, 2006 / Notices including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; —Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and —Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application For Restoration of Firearms Privileges. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: ATF F 3210.1, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Other: Business or other for profit. Certain categories of persons are prohibited from possessing firearms. ATF F 3210.1, Application For Restoration of Firearms Privileges is the basis for ATF investigating the merits of an applicant to have his/her rights restored. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated that 250 respondents will complete a 30 minute form. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are an estimated 125 annual total burden hours associated with this collection. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Robert B. Briggs, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, Department of Justice, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Drug Enforcement Administration Drug Enforcement Administration Manufacturer of Controlled Substances Notice of Application [Docket No. DEA–218N] Pursuant to section 1301.33(a) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this is notice that on December 14, 2005, and February 14, 2006, Johnson Matthey Inc., Custom Pharmaceuticals Department, 2003 Nolte Drive, West Deptford, New Jersey 08066, made application by letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be registered as a bulk manufacturer of the basic classes of controlled substances listed in Schedule II: Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances; Notice of Meeting Drug Schedule Dihydrocodeine (9120) ................. Oxymorphone (9652) ................... The company plans to manufacture in bulk, for distribution to its customers, who are final dosage manufacturers. Any other such applicant and any person who is presently registered with DEA to manufacture such a substance may file comments or objections to the issuance of the proposed registration pursuant to 21 CFR 1301.33(a). Any such written comments or objections being sent via regular mail may be addressed, in quintuplicate, to the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 20537, Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative, Liaison and Policy Section (ODL); or any being sent via express mail should be sent to DEA Headquarters, Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/ODL, 2401 Jefferson-Davis Highway, Alexandria, Virginia 22301; and must be filed no later than July 14, 2006. Dated: May 9, 2006. Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration. [FR Doc. E6–7338 Filed 5–12–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–09–P Dated: May 10, 2006. Robert B. Briggs, Department Clearance Officer, Department of Labor. [FR Doc. 06–4513 Filed 5–12–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–FY–M VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:54 May 12, 2006 Jkt 208001 II II PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 RIN 1117–AA61 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Justice. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is conducting a public meeting to discuss electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. Specifically, this meeting is intended to allow industry—prescribers, pharmacies, software/hardware vendors, and other interested third parties—to address how electronic prescribing systems can meet DEA’s prescription requirements under the Controlled Substances Act, without unduly burdening the parties to electronic prescribing transactions. DATES: This meeting will be held Tuesday, July 11, 2006, and Wednesday, July 12, 2006, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. This meeting will be held at the Marriott Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, 1999 Jefferson-Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; (703) 413–5500. The meeting will take place in the Crystal Forum amphitheatre, adjacent to the hotel. Meeting Attendance: To ensure proper handling, please reference ‘‘Docket No. DEA–218N’’ on all written and electronic correspondence regarding this meeting. Persons wishing to attend this meeting, space permitting, must provide attendee information to the Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, via e-mail to dea.diversion.policy@usdoj.gov, or via facsimile, (202) 353–1079, as specified below. Persons wishing to attend the meeting must provide this information to the Liaison and Policy Section no later than June 26, 2006. Comments: All written comments will be made available at the Diversion Control Program Web site, https:// www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov prior to the public meeting. Therefore, as this is a public meeting, confidential business information or other proprietary information SHOULD NOT be presented at this meeting. Persons wishing to provide written comments must do so no later than June 26, 2006. To ensure proper handling of E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 93 / Monday, May 15, 2006 / Notices comments, please reference ‘‘Docket No. DEA–218N’’ on all written and electronic correspondence. Written comments being sent via regular mail should be sent to the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 20537, Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/ODL. Written comments sent via express mail should be sent to DEA Headquarters, Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/ODL, 2401 Jefferson-Davis Highway, Alexandria, VA 22301. Comments may be directly sent to DEA electronically by sending an electronic message to dea.diversion.policy@usdoj.gov. DEA will accept attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft word, WordPerfect, Adobe PDF, or Excel file formats only. DEA will not accept any file format other than those specifically listed here. This meeting will consist of panel presentations. There will be limited opportunities for attendees to make oral comments at the meeting. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mark W. Caverly, Chief, Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 20537, telephone: (202) 307–7297. Many within the health care industry are encouraging the adoption of electronic prescriptions because such prescriptions would improve patient safety by eliminating medical errors that arise from misread or misunderstood handwritten prescriptions. These parties also focus on the potential cost savings, both to industry and the public, realized from, among other benefits: fewer medical errors and adverse drug events; fewer callbacks from pharmacies to practitioners to clarify handwritten prescription information; and reduced ability and opportunity to commit fraud and diversion of prescription medications. The focus of these parties is to facilitate adoption of electronic prescribing as quickly as possible to obtain the benefits that are expected to follow. Both the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have an interest in electronic prescribing. DEA is responsible for enforcing the Controlled Substances Act, including the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances to the public by DEAregistered practitioners and pharmacies. Such enforcement includes the writing jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:54 May 12, 2006 Jkt 208001 and signature of prescriptions and retention of prescription records. The Department of Health and Human Services has a statutory mandate to facilitate adoption of electronic prescribing. The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 requires that ‘‘prescriptions * * * for covered Part D drugs prescribed for Part D eligible individuals that are transmitted electronically shall be transmitted only in accordance with such standards under an electronic prescription drug program’’ that meets the requirements of the MMA (Pub. L. 108–173). HHS is required to promulgate transmission standards for the Medicare electronic prescription drug program. HHS adopted foundation standards regarding transmission of electronic prescriptions for covered Part D drugs prescribed for Part D eligible individuals by publication of a Final Rule which became effective January 1, 2006 (70 FR 67567, November 7, 2005). HHS also has a statutory mandate under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Administrative Simplification provisions of which require HHS to adopt standards for the electronic transmission of health information contained in certain financial and administrative transactions. HIPAA also requires HHS to adopt standards for the security of electronic health information, and, in consultation with the Department of Commerce, to adopt standards for electronic signatures for certain HIPAA transactions. These regulations and standards are applicable to all health plans (including federal health programs), healthcare clearinghouses, and all health care providers who conduct electronic transactions. Therefore, DEA, in conjunction with HHS, is conducting a public meeting to allow the public, including prescribers, pharmacies, software/hardware vendors, and other interested third parties, to identify electronic signature solutions for electronic prescribing which mitigate, to the greatest extent possible, any cost and burdens associated with adoption of the new technology while addressing the security and accountability requirements under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 as they relate to controlled substances. Specific questions which persons are encouraged to address are as follows: • What is your perception of the current risks associated with electronic prescribing? • How did you identify those risks? • How does your electronic prescribing system address those risks? PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28053 • Are risks pertaining to prescriptions for controlled substances different from prescriptions for non-controlled substances? Please explain. • What additional modifications would be necessary for your system to be used for electronic prescribing of controlled substances? Please be specific as to how this would be done, and the burden (cost or otherwise) this would entail. • How does your system authenticate the person signing the prescription? • How does your system ensure the integrity of the prescription records? • What current and future threats (e.g., eavesdropping, man-in-the-middle attack, hijacking, impersonation) to system-wide security have you considered during your design, development, and implementation? • If smart cards, open networks or other methods of transmission are used to facilitate electronic prescribing, can your system work within those environments? Please specifically explain how it can or why it cannot. Meeting Participation This meeting is open to the public. Persons and organizations representing prescribers, pharmacies, and vendors who design, develop, or market electronic prescribing software or hardware/software used to permit electronic prescribing [authenticate individuals or used to sign or secure electronic documents] may be particularly interested in this meeting. Persons wishing to attend this meeting, space permitting, must provide the following information to the Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, no later than June 26, 2006 via e-mail or facsimile using the contact information listed above: Name: lllllllllllllll Title: lllllllllllllll Company/Organization: lllllll Address: llllllllllllll Telephone: lllllllllllll E-mail address: lllllllllll Persons needing accommodations (e.g., sign language interpreter) are requested to notify DEA with their accommodation request no later than June 26, 2006. This meeting will consist of panel presentations. There will be limited opportunities for attendees to make oral comments at the meeting. Persons wishing to provide written comments may do so no later than June 26, 2006. All written comments will be made available at the Diversion Control Program Web site, https:// E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1 28054 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 93 / Monday, May 15, 2006 / Notices www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov prior to the public meeting. Therefore, as this is a public meeting, confidential business information or other proprietary information SHOULD NOT be presented at this meeting. Please see the ‘‘Comments’’ section above for further information regarding providing written comments. Dated: May 9, 2006. Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control. [FR Doc. 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The FEIS is being issued as part of NRC’s decision-making process on whether to issue a license to USEC, pursuant to Title 10 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations parts 30, 40, and 70. Based on the evaluation in the FEIS, NRC environmental review staff have concluded that the proposed action will generally have small effects on the environment, though a few resource areas may experience moderate impacts. The FEIS reflects the final analysis of environmental impacts of USEC’s proposal and it’s alternatives including the consideration of public comments received by NRC. ADDRESSES: The FEIS may be accessed on the Internet at: https://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/ by selecting ‘‘NUREG–1834.’’ Additionally, NRC maintains an Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC’s public documents. The FEIS and its appendices may also be accessed through NRC’s Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1–800– 397–4209, 301–415–4737 or by e-mail to PDR@nrc.gov. The FEIS is also available for inspection at the Commission’s Public Document Room, U.S. NRC’s Headquarters Building, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland. Upon written request and to the extent supplies are available, a single copy of the FEIS can be obtained for a fee by writing to the Office of Information Services, Reproduction and Distribution Services Branch, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; by electronic mail at DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by fax at (301) 415–2289. A selected group of documents associated with the USEC facility may also be obtained from the Internet on NRC’s USEC Web page: https:// www.nrc.gov/materials/fuel-cycle-fac/ usecfacility.html. In addition, all PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 comments of Federal, State and local agencies, Indian tribes or other interested persons will be made available for public inspection when received. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to the safety review or overall licensing of the USEC facility, please contact Mr. Francis S. Echols at (301) 415–6981. For environmental review questions, please contact Mr. Matthew Blevins at (301) 415–7684. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This FEIS was prepared in response to an application submitted by USEC dated August 23, 2004, for the possession and use of source, byproduct and special nuclear materials at its proposed ACP located near Piketon, Ohio. The FEIS for the proposed ACP was prepared by NRC staff and its contractor, ICF Consulting, Inc., in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and NRC’s regulations for implementing NEPA (10 CFR part 51). The FEIS is being issued as part of NRC’s decision-making process on whether to issue a license to USEC, pursuant to 10 CFR parts 30, 40, and 70. The scope of activities conducted under the license would include the construction, operation, and decommissioning of the ACP. Specifically, USEC proposes to use gas centrifuge technology to enrich the uranium-235 isotope found in natural uranium up to 10-weight percent. The enriched uranium would be used to manufacture nuclear fuel for commercial nuclear power reactors. USEC proposes to locate the ACP in leased portions of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reservation in Piketon, OH. This is the same site as DOE’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. 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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28052-28054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7302]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[Docket No. DEA-218N]
RIN 1117-AA61


Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances; Notice of 
Meeting

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Justice.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in conjunction with 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is conducting a 
public meeting to discuss electronic prescriptions for controlled 
substances. Specifically, this meeting is intended to allow industry--
prescribers, pharmacies, software/hardware vendors, and other 
interested third parties--to address how electronic prescribing systems 
can meet DEA's prescription requirements under the Controlled 
Substances Act, without unduly burdening the parties to electronic 
prescribing transactions.

DATES: This meeting will be held Tuesday, July 11, 2006, and Wednesday, 
July 12, 2006, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Registration will begin at 
7:30 a.m. This meeting will be held at the Marriott Crystal City at 
Reagan National Airport, 1999 Jefferson-Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 
22202; (703) 413-5500. The meeting will take place in the Crystal Forum 
amphitheatre, adjacent to the hotel.
    Meeting Attendance: To ensure proper handling, please reference 
``Docket No. DEA-218N'' on all written and electronic correspondence 
regarding this meeting. Persons wishing to attend this meeting, space 
permitting, must provide attendee information to the Liaison and Policy 
Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
via e-mail to dea.diversion.policy@usdoj.gov, or via facsimile, (202) 
353-1079, as specified below. Persons wishing to attend the meeting 
must provide this information to the Liaison and Policy Section no 
later than June 26, 2006.
    Comments: All written comments will be made available at the 
Diversion Control Program Web site, https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov 
prior to the public meeting. Therefore, as this is a public meeting, 
confidential business information or other proprietary information 
SHOULD NOT be presented at this meeting.
    Persons wishing to provide written comments must do so no later 
than June 26, 2006. To ensure proper handling of

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comments, please reference ``Docket No. DEA-218N'' on all written and 
electronic correspondence. Written comments being sent via regular mail 
should be sent to the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 
20537, Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/ODL. Written 
comments sent via express mail should be sent to DEA Headquarters, 
Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/ODL, 2401 Jefferson-
Davis Highway, Alexandria, VA 22301. Comments may be directly sent to 
DEA electronically by sending an electronic message to 
dea.diversion.policy@usdoj.gov. DEA will accept attachments to 
electronic comments in Microsoft word, WordPerfect, Adobe PDF, or Excel 
file formats only. DEA will not accept any file format other than those 
specifically listed here.
    This meeting will consist of panel presentations. There will be 
limited opportunities for attendees to make oral comments at the 
meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mark W. Caverly, Chief, Liaison and 
Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Washington, DC 20537, telephone: (202) 307-7297.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many within the health care industry are 
encouraging the adoption of electronic prescriptions because such 
prescriptions would improve patient safety by eliminating medical 
errors that arise from misread or misunderstood handwritten 
prescriptions. These parties also focus on the potential cost savings, 
both to industry and the public, realized from, among other benefits: 
fewer medical errors and adverse drug events; fewer callbacks from 
pharmacies to practitioners to clarify handwritten prescription 
information; and reduced ability and opportunity to commit fraud and 
diversion of prescription medications. The focus of these parties is to 
facilitate adoption of electronic prescribing as quickly as possible to 
obtain the benefits that are expected to follow.
    Both the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS) have an interest in electronic 
prescribing. DEA is responsible for enforcing the Controlled Substances 
Act, including the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances 
to the public by DEA-registered practitioners and pharmacies. Such 
enforcement includes the writing and signature of prescriptions and 
retention of prescription records.
    The Department of Health and Human Services has a statutory mandate 
to facilitate adoption of electronic prescribing. The Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 requires 
that ``prescriptions * * * for covered Part D drugs prescribed for Part 
D eligible individuals that are transmitted electronically shall be 
transmitted only in accordance with such standards under an electronic 
prescription drug program'' that meets the requirements of the MMA 
(Pub. L. 108-173). HHS is required to promulgate transmission standards 
for the Medicare electronic prescription drug program. HHS adopted 
foundation standards regarding transmission of electronic prescriptions 
for covered Part D drugs prescribed for Part D eligible individuals by 
publication of a Final Rule which became effective January 1, 2006 (70 
FR 67567, November 7, 2005).
    HHS also has a statutory mandate under the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Administrative 
Simplification provisions of which require HHS to adopt standards for 
the electronic transmission of health information contained in certain 
financial and administrative transactions. HIPAA also requires HHS to 
adopt standards for the security of electronic health information, and, 
in consultation with the Department of Commerce, to adopt standards for 
electronic signatures for certain HIPAA transactions. These regulations 
and standards are applicable to all health plans (including federal 
health programs), healthcare clearinghouses, and all health care 
providers who conduct electronic transactions.
    Therefore, DEA, in conjunction with HHS, is conducting a public 
meeting to allow the public, including prescribers, pharmacies, 
software/hardware vendors, and other interested third parties, to 
identify electronic signature solutions for electronic prescribing 
which mitigate, to the greatest extent possible, any cost and burdens 
associated with adoption of the new technology while addressing the 
security and accountability requirements under the Controlled 
Substances Act of 1970 as they relate to controlled substances. 
Specific questions which persons are encouraged to address are as 
follows:
     What is your perception of the current risks associated 
with electronic prescribing?
     How did you identify those risks?
     How does your electronic prescribing system address those 
risks?
     Are risks pertaining to prescriptions for controlled 
substances different from prescriptions for non-controlled substances? 
Please explain.
     What additional modifications would be necessary for your 
system to be used for electronic prescribing of controlled substances? 
Please be specific as to how this would be done, and the burden (cost 
or otherwise) this would entail.
     How does your system authenticate the person signing the 
prescription?
     How does your system ensure the integrity of the 
prescription records?
     What current and future threats (e.g., eavesdropping, man-
in-the-middle attack, hijacking, impersonation) to system-wide security 
have you considered during your design, development, and 
implementation?
     If smart cards, open networks or other methods of 
transmission are used to facilitate electronic prescribing, can your 
system work within those environments? Please specifically explain how 
it can or why it cannot.

Meeting Participation

    This meeting is open to the public. Persons and organizations 
representing prescribers, pharmacies, and vendors who design, develop, 
or market electronic prescribing software or hardware/software used to 
permit electronic prescribing [authenticate individuals or used to sign 
or secure electronic documents] may be particularly interested in this 
meeting.
    Persons wishing to attend this meeting, space permitting, must 
provide the following information to the Liaison and Policy Section, 
Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, no later 
than June 26, 2006 via e-mail or facsimile using the contact 
information listed above:

 Name:-----------------------------------------------------------------

 Title:----------------------------------------------------------------

 Company/Organization:-------------------------------------------------

 Address:--------------------------------------------------------------

 Telephone:------------------------------------------------------------

 E-mail address:-------------------------------------------------------

    Persons needing accommodations (e.g., sign language interpreter) 
are requested to notify DEA with their accommodation request no later 
than June 26, 2006.
    This meeting will consist of panel presentations. There will be 
limited opportunities for attendees to make oral comments at the 
meeting.
    Persons wishing to provide written comments may do so no later than 
June 26, 2006. All written comments will be made available at the 
Diversion Control Program Web site, https://

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www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov prior to the public meeting. Therefore, as 
this is a public meeting, confidential business information or other 
proprietary information SHOULD NOT be presented at this meeting. Please 
see the ``Comments'' section above for further information regarding 
providing written comments.

    Dated: May 9, 2006.
Joseph T. Rannazzisi,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control.
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