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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects
(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United
States Code, as amended by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.
L. 104–13), the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes periodic summaries of
proposed projects being developed for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and draft instruments, call the
HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on
(301) 443–1129.
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.
Proposed Project: The National Health
Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship
Program Deferment Request Forms and
Associated Reporting Requirements
(OMB No. 0915–0179): Extension
The National Health Service Corps
(NHSC) Scholarship program was
established to assure an adequate
supply of trained primary care health
professionals to the neediest
communities in Health Professional
Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United
States. Under the program, allopathic
physicians, osteopathic physicians,
dentists, nurse practitioners, nurse
Number of
respondents
Form
Responses
per
respondent
midwives, physician assistants, and, if
needed by the NHSC program, students
of other health professions enter into a
contractual agreement with the
Secretary under which the Public
Health Service agrees to pay the total
school tuition, required fees and a
stipend for living expenses. In
exchange, the scholarship recipient
agrees to provide full-time clinical
services at a site in a federally
designated HPSA.
Once the scholars have met their
academic requirements, the law requires
that individuals receiving a degree from
a school of medicine or osteopathic
medicine must (and all others may)
request a deferment of their service
obligation to complete approved
internship, residency or other advanced
nursing training consistent with the
needs of the NHSC. The Deferment
Request Form and Letter of Intent and
Request provide the information
necessary for considering the period and
type of training for which deferment of
the service obligation is requested.
The annual estimate of burden is as
follows:
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Deferment Request Form ....................................................
Letters of Intent and Request ..............................................
600
100
1
1
600
100
1
1
600
100
Total ..............................................................................
700
........................
700
........................
700
Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: March 19, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review
and Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer on (301) 443-1129.
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.
Proposed Project: The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship
Program Deferment Request Forms and Associated Reporting Requirements
(OMB No. 0915-0179): Extension
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship program was
established to assure an adequate supply of trained primary care health
professionals to the neediest communities in Health Professional
Shortage Areas (HPSAs) of the United States. Under the program,
allopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentists, nurse
practitioners, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and, if needed by
the NHSC program, students of other health professions enter into a
contractual agreement with the Secretary under which the Public Health
Service agrees to pay the total school tuition, required fees and a
stipend for living expenses. In exchange, the scholarship recipient
agrees to provide full-time clinical services at a site in a federally
designated HPSA.
Once the scholars have met their academic requirements, the law
requires that individuals receiving a degree from a school of medicine
or osteopathic medicine must (and all others may) request a deferment
of their service obligation to complete approved internship, residency
or other advanced nursing training consistent with the needs of the
NHSC. The Deferment Request Form and Letter of Intent and Request
provide the information necessary for considering the period and type
of training for which deferment of the service obligation is requested.
The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Form respondents respondent responses response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deferment Request Form.......... 600 1 600 1 600
Letters of Intent and Request... 100 1 100 1 100
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Total....................... 700 .............. 700 .............. 700
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: March 19, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-5414 Filed 3-23-07; 8:45 am]
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