Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0583]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans

Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has

submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA

submission describes the nature of the information collection and its

expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATE: Comments must be submitted on or before November 2, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030,

FAX (202) 273-5981 or e-mail to: [email protected]. Please

refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0583.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Regulation for Informed Consent for Patient Care (title 38

CFR 17.32).

OMB Control Number: 2900-0583.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Abstract: The information collection subject to this rulemaking

concerns disclosure requirements that non-VA physicians contracting to

perform services for VA must follow in conducting informed consent

procedures. The information provided is designed to ensure that

patients (or in some cases, others) have sufficient information to

provide informed consent.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a

currently validOMB control number. The Federal Register notice with a

60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of

information was published on January 11, 2001, at page 2481.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 60,000 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 240,000.

Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the

information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources

andHousing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB Control No.

2900-0583'' in any correspondence.

Dated: September 26, 2001.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 01-24765 Filed 10-2-01; 8:45 am]

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