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September 25, 2006; however, onsite 

registration will be permitted if space 

remains (see the Registration section of 

this document for details). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Marriott Bethesda North 

Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 

Marinelli Rd., North Bethesda, MD 

20852. Additional information about, 

and directions to, the facility are 

available on the Internet at http:// 

marriott.com/property/factsheet/wasbn. 

(FDA has verified the Web site address, 

but FDA is not responsible for any 

subsequent changes to the Web site after 

this document publishes in the Federal 

Register.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For FDA: Margaret Tolbert, Center for 

Devices and Radiological Health 

(HFZ–230), Food and Drug 

Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., 

Rockville, MD 20850, 240–276–

3240, e-mail 

margaret.tolbert@fda.hhs.gov. 

For AdvaMed: Ellen Bielinski by email at ebielinski@advamed.org, by 

telephone at 202–434–7223, or by 

FAX at 202–783–8750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Through lectures and panel 

discussions, participants will learn from 

senior FDA and industry representatives 

how the Government and the medical 

device industry communicate expected 

and unexpected risks to practitioners, 

patients, and the general public. FDA 

will present the results of its recent 

research on risk communication. 

Participants will also learn from clinical 

practitioners, risk managers, patient 

advocacy organizations, and the news 

media how this information is received 

and transmitted to patients and the 

public. These issues will be discussed, 

with audience participation, by a core 

panel comprised of representatives from 

FDA, industry, and academia. 

Additional information regarding the 

public meeting agenda is available on 

the Internet at http://www.advamed.org/ 

publicdocs/ 

risk_communication_wkshp.shtml. 

(FDA has verified the Web site address, 

but FDA is not responsible for any 

subsequent changes to the Web site after 

this document publishes in the Federal 

Register.) 

II. Registration 

Those interested in attending may 

register online at http:// 

www.advamed.org/publicdocs/ 

risk_communication_wkshp.shtml. You 

may register online until September 25, 

2006; however, onsite registration will 

be permitted if space remains. There is 

a $350 registration fee to attend the 

meeting. Please submit registration early 

in order to reserve a space, as space is 

limited. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Margaret Tolbert (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) or the 

Marriott North Hotel and Conference 

Center at 301–822–9200, at least 7 days 

in advance of the meeting. 

Dated: August 31, 2006. 

Linda S. Kahan, 

Deputy Director, Center for Devices and 

Radiological Health. 

[FR Doc. E6–14852 Filed 9–7–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment: 30-day 

Proposed Information Collection: 

Indian Health Service Medical Staff 

Credentials and Privileges File 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service 

(IHS), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, conducts a pre-clearance 

consultation program to provide the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing collections 

of information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

helps to ensure that requested data can 

be provided in the desired format, 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

As required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of 

the Act, the proposed information 

collection has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. 

The IHS received no comments in 

response to the 60-day Federal Register 

notice (71 FR 35921) published on June 

22, 2006. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment to be submitted directly to 

OMB. 

Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–

0009, ‘‘Indian Health Service Medical 

Staff Credentials and Privileges Files.’’

Type of Information Collection Request: 

Extension of a currently approved 

information collection, 0917–0009, 

‘‘Indian Health Service Medical Staff 

Credentials and Privileges Files.’’ Form 

Number: None. Need and Use of 

Information Collection: This collection 

of information is used to evaluate 

individual health care providers 

applying for medical staff privileges at 

IHS health care facilities. The IHS 

operates health care facilities that 

provide health care services to 

American Indians and Alaska Natives. 

To provide these service, the IHS 

employs (directly and under contract) 

several categories of health care 

providers including: physicians (M.D. 

and D.O.), dentists, psychologists, 

optometrists, podiatrists, audiologists, 

physicians assistants, certified 

registered nurse anesthetists, nurse 

practitioners, and certified nurse 

midwives. The IHS policy specifically 

requires physicians and dentists to be 

members of the health care facility 

medical staff where they practice. 

Health care providers become medical 

staff members, depending on the local 

health care facility’s capabilities and 

medical staff bylaws. There are three 

types of IHS medical staff applicants: (1) 

Health care providers applying for 

direct employment with IHS; (2) 

contractors who will not seek to become 

IHS employees; and (3) employed IHS 

health care providers who seek to 

transfer between IHS health care 

facilities. 

National health care standards 

developed by the Center for Medicare 

and Medicaid Services (formerly the 

Health Care Financing Administration), 

the Joint Commission on the 

Accreditation of Healthcare 

Organizations (JCAHO), and other 

accrediting organizations required 

health care facilities to review, evaluate 

and verify the credentials, training and 

experience of medical staff applicants 

prior to granting medical staff 

privileges. To meet these standards, IHS 

health care facilities require all medical 

staff applicants to provide information 

concerning their education, training 

licensure, and work experience and any 

adverse disciplinary actions taken 

against them. This information is then 

verified with references supplied by the 

applicant and may include: Former 

employers, educational institutions, 

licensure and certification boards, the 

American Medical Association, the 

Federation of State Medical Boards, the 

National Practitioner Data Bank, and the 

applicants themselves. 

In addition to the initial granting of 

medical staff membership and clinical 

privileges, JCAHO standards require 

that a review of the medical staff be 

conducted not less than every two years. 

This review evaluates the current 


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competence of the medical staff and 

verifies whether they are maintaining 

the licensure or certification 

requirements of their specialty. 

The medical staff credentials and 

privileges records are maintained at the 

health care facility where the health 

care provider is a medical staff member. 

The establishment of these records at 

IHS health care facilities is not optional; 

such records must be established and 

maintained at all health care facilities in 

the United States that are accredited by 

JCAHO. Prior to the establishment of 

this JCAHO requirement, the degree to 

which medical staff applications were 

verified for completeness and accuracy 

varied greatly across America. Affected 

Public: Individuals and households. 

Type of Respondents: Health care 

providers requesting medical staff 

privileges at IHS health facilities. 

The table below provides the 

following: Types of data collection 

instruments, estimated number of 

respondents, number of responses per 

respondent, annual number of 

responses, average burden hour per 

response, and total annual burden hour. 

Data collection instrument 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Annual number of 

responses 

Average 

burden hour 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Application to Medical Staff ............................................... 600 1 600 1.00 600 .0 

Reference Letter ................................................................ 1800 1 1800 0.33 594 .0 

Reappointment Request .................................................... 200 1 200 1.00 200 .0 

Medical Privileges .............................................................. 387 1 387 1.00 387 .0 

Ob-Gyn Privileges .............................................................. 25 1 25 1.00 25 .0 

Surgical Privileges ............................................................. 23 1 23 1.00 23 .0 

Psychiatric Privileges ......................................................... 18 1 18 1.00 18 .0 

Anesthesia Privileges ......................................................... 16 1 16 1.00 16 .0 

Dental Privileges ................................................................ 128 1 128 0.33 42 .2 

Optometric Privileges ......................................................... 21 1 21 0.33 6 .9 

Psychology Privileges ........................................................ 23 1 23 0.17 3 .9 

Audiology Privileges ........................................................... 6 1 6 0.08 0 .48 

Podiatric Privileges ............................................................ 6 1 6 0.08 0 .48 

Radiology Privileges .......................................................... 9 1 9 0.33 2 .9 

Pathology Privileges .......................................................... 3 1 3 0.33 .99 

Total ............................................................................ 3,265 ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,920 .85 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Request for Comments: Your written 

comments and/or suggestions are 

invited on one or more of the following 

points: (a) Whether the information 

collection activity is necessary to carry 

out an agency function; (b) whether the 

agency processes the information 

collected in a useful and timely fashion; 

(c) the accuracy of public burden 

estimate (the estimated amount of time 

needed for individual respondents to 

provide the requested information); (d) 

whether the methodology and 

assumptions used to determine the 

estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information being collected; and (f) 

ways to minimize the public burden 

through the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Send your 

written comments and suggestions 

regarding the proposed information 

collection contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, to: Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: Allison Eydt, Desk Officer for 

IHS. 

For Further Information: Send 

requests for more information on the 

proposed collection or to obtain a copy 

of the data collection instrument(s) and 

instructions to Mrs. Christina Rouleau, 

IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801 

Thompson Avenue, TMP Suite 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852, call non-toll free 

(301) 443–5938, send via facsimile to 

(301) 443–2316, or send your e-mail 

requests, comments, and return address 

to: crouleau@hqe.ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: September 1, 2006. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–7522 Filed 9–7–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4900–FA–22–] 

Announcement of Funding Awards 

Fair Housing Initiatives Program Fiscal 

Year 2004 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 

notifies the public of funding decisions 

made by the Department for funding 

under the SuperNotice of Funding 

Availability (SuperNOFA) for the Fair 

Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2004. This 

announcement contains the names and 

addresses of those award recipients 

selected for funding based on the rating 

and ranking of all applications and the 

amount of the awards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Myron Newry, Director, FHIP Support 

Division, Office of Programs, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 5230, 

Washington, DC 20410. Telephone 

number (202) 708–2215 (this is not a 

toll-free number). A 


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