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statutory penalties for noncompliance. 

Proper charge-out procedures will be 

followed for the removal of records from 

the area in which they are maintained. 

Authorized users will receive privacy 

and security training before record 

access is granted and annually 

thereafter. When copying records for 

authorized purposes, employees are 

instructed to ensure that any imperfect 

pages are not left in the reproduction 

room where they can be read but are 

destroyed or obliterated. Area Privacy 

Coordinators have routine access for 

monitoring compliance with privacy 

regulations. 

Technical Safeguards: Records in the 

electronic system will be secured by 

encryption and intrusion detection 

systems. Access to electronic records 

will be controlled by user name and 

password. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

To request access to records about you 

in this system of records, submit a 

written access request addressed to the 

relevant System Manager (see the 

Appendix and the ‘‘System Manager(s)’’ 

section of this SORN). The request must: 

• Reasonably describe the records 

sought. 

• Include (as applicable) the name of 

the IHS Service Unit relevant to your 

certification application, or the name of 

the Area Certification Board on which 

you served, and pertinent dates. 

• Include (for contact purposes and 

identity verification purposes) your full 

name, current address, telephone 

number and/or email address, date and 

place of birth, signature, evidence of 

other names used (if seeking records 

retrieved by a name other than your 

current name), and, if needed by the 

agency, sufficient particulars contained 

in the records (such as, record number 

or other identifying numbers) to enable 

the agency to locate the records and 

distinguish between records on subject 

individuals with the same name. 

In addition, to verify your identity, 

your signature on the request must be 

notarized or the request must include, 

above your signature, your written 

certification that you are the individual 

who you claim to be and that you 

understand that the knowing and willful 

request for or acquisition of a record 

pertaining to an individual under false 

pretenses is a criminal offense subject to 

a fine of up to $5,000. 

In your written request, you may 

request that copies of the records be sent 

to you or include your signed, written 

consent directing that the records be 

sent to a third party, or you may request 

an appointment to review the records in 

person (including with a person of your 

choosing, if you provide written 

authorization for agency personnel to 

discuss the records in that person’s 

presence). If you make an appointment 

to review the records in person, you 

must bring at least one piece of tangible 

identification, such as a driver’s license 

or passport, to the appointment. You 

may also request an accounting of 

disclosures that have been made of 

records about you, if any. Requests by 

telephone will not be accepted. 

To the extent the records are Medical 

Quality Assurance records protected by 

25 U.S.C. 1675, the records may be 

disclosed only in accordance with the 

exceptions in 25 U.S.C. 1675(d) and 

(e)(2), because the Privacy Act right of 

access provisions are superseded by the 

confidentiality provisions protecting 

Medical Quality Assurance Records. 

Accordingly, Medical Quality 

Assurance Records will only be released 

pursuant to the Privacy Act when the 

Agency has decided to release the 

records in accordance with 25 U.S.C. 

1675(d) or (e)(2). 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

To request correction of a record 

about you in this system of records, 

submit a written request to the relevant 

System Manager (see the Appendix and 

the ‘‘System Manager(s)’’ section of this 

SORN). The request must contain the 

same information required for an access 

request and include verification of your 

identity in the same manner required for 

an access request. In addition, the 

request must reasonably identify the 

record, specify the information 

contested, and state the corrective 

action sought and the reasons for 

requesting the correction. The request 

should include supporting information 

to show how the record is factually 

inaccurate, incomplete, untimely, or 

irrelevant. The right to contest records 

is limited to information that is factually 

inaccurate, incomplete, untimely 

(obsolete), or irrelevant. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

To find out if the system of records 

contains a record about you, submit a 

written notification request to the 

relevant System Manager (see the 

Appendix and the ‘‘System 

Manager(s)’’section of this SORN). The 

request must identify this system of 

records, contain the same information 

required for an access request, and 

include verification of identity in the 

same manner required for an access 

request. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

Appendix: 

Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Director, 

HQ, 5600 Fishers Lane, MS 08E37A, 

Rockville, MD 20857, Phone: 204–701– 

3890, Fax No: 301–594–6213 

Director—Alaska Area Office, 4141 

Ambassador Dr., Suite 300, Anchorage AK 

99508, Phone: 907–729–3683 

Director—Albuquerque Area Office, 4101 

Indian School Rd. NE, Suite 225, 

Albuquerque, NM 87110–3988, Phone: 

505–256–6800, Fax No. 505–256–6847 

Director—Bemidji Area Office, Indian Health 

Service, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, Bemidji Technology Park, 

2225 Cooperative Ct. NW, Bemidji, MN 

56601, Phone: (218) 444–0452 

Director—Billings Area Office, 2900 4th 

Avenue North, Billings, MT 59101 

Director—California Area Office, 650 Capitol 

Mall, Suite 7–100, Sacramento, CA 95814, 

Phone: 916–930–3927, Fax No: 916–930– 

3952 

Director—Great Plains Area Office, 115 4th 

Avenue SE, Room 309, Aberdeen, SD 

57401, Phone: 605–226–7581, Fax No: 

605–226–7541 

Director—Nashville Area Office, 711 

Stewarts Ferry Pike, Nashville, TN 37214, 

Phone: 915–467–1500 

Director—Navajo Area Office, P.O. Box 9020, 

Window Rock, AZ 86515, Phone: 928–871– 

5801, Fax No: 928–871–5872 

Director—Oklahoma City Area Office, 701 

Market Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73114, 

Phone: 405–951–3820, Fax: 405–951–3780 

Director—Phoenix Area Office, Two 

Renaissance Square, 40 N Central Avenue, 

Suite 504, Phoenix, AZ 85004, Phone: 602– 

364–5039 

Director—Portland Area Indian Health 

Service, 1414 NW Northrup Street, Suite 

800, Portland, OR 97209, Phone: 503–414– 

5555 Fax: 503–414–5554 

Director—Tucson Area Office, 7900 South J 

Stock Road, Tucson, AZ 85746, Phone: 

520–547–8140 

[FR Doc. 2023–23964 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4166–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment: 30-Day 

Information Collection: Application for 

Participation in the IHS Scholarship 

Program 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. Request for revision to a 

collection. 

SUMMARY: In compliance the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Indian 

Health Service (IHS) invites the general 

public to comment on the information 

collection titled, ‘‘Application for 


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Participation in the IHS Scholarship 

Program,’’ Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Control No. 0917–0006. 

IHS is requesting OMB to approve an 

extension for this collection, which 

expires on October 31, 2023. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: November 

30, 2023. Your comments regarding this 

information collection are best assured 

of having full effect if received within 

30 days of the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: Send your 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: Desk Officer for IHS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information, please 

contact Evonne Bennett, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer by email at: 

Evonne.Bennett@ihs.gov or telephone at 

240–472–1996. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

previously approved information 

collection project was last published in 

the Federal Register (88 FR 59929), on 

August 30, 2023 and allowed 60 days 

for public comment. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 30 days for public 

comment. A copy of the supporting 

statement is available at 

www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID 

IHS–2023–0001). 

Information Collection: Title: 

‘‘Application for Participation in the 

IHS Scholarship Program,’’ OMB 

Control No. 0917–0006. Type of 

Information Collection Request: 

Extension of the currently approved 

information collection ‘‘Application for 

Participation in the IHS Scholarship 

Program,’’ OMB Control No. 0917–0006. 

Form Number(s): IHS–856–07 through 

856–16, IHS–856–21 through 856–22, 

IHS–817, and IHS–818 are retained for 

use by the IHS Scholarship Program 

(IHSSP) as part of this current 

Information Collection Request. 

Reporting forms are found on the IHS 

website at www.ihs.gov/scholarship. 

Need and Use of Information Collection: 

The IHS Scholarship Branch needs this 

information for program administration 

and uses the information to: solicit, 

process, and award IHS Pre-graduate, 

Preparatory, and/or Health Professions 

Scholarship recipients; monitor the 

academic performance of recipients; and 

to place recipients at payback sites. The 

IHSSP application is electronically 

available on the internet at the IHS 

website at: http://www.ihs.gov/ 

scholarship/applynow/. Affected Public: 

Individuals, not-for-profit institutions 

and State, local or Tribal Governments. 

Type of Respondents: Students pursuing 

health care professions. 

The table below provides: 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 hours. 

Forms Data collection instrument(s) Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

annual 

response 

Burden hour per 

response * 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Scholarship Online Application ............................................. 850 1 850 1.00 (60 min) ........ 850 

1 .................. Verification of Acceptance or Decline of Award (IHS–856– 

7).

300 1 300 0.13 ( 8 min) ......... 40 

2 .................. Scholarship Program Agreement (IHS–817) ........................ 60 1 60 0.16 (10 min) ........ 10 

3 .................. Health Professions Contract (IHS–818) ............................... 225 1 225 0.16 (10min) ......... 38 

4 .................. Recipient’s Initial Program Progress Report (IHS–856–8) ... 800 1 800 0.13 (8 min) .......... 107 

5 .................. Notification of Academic Problem (IHS–856–9) ................... 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min) .......... 3 

6 .................. Change of Status (IHS–856–10) .......................................... 50 1 50 .045 (25 min) ........ 21 

7 .................. Notification of Deferment Intent (IHS–856–11) .................... 60 1 60 0.13 (8 min) .......... 8 

8 .................. Preferred Placement (IHS–856–12) ..................................... 150 1 150 0.50 (30 min) ........ 75 

9 .................. Notification of Impending Graduation (IHS–856–13) ............ 170 1 170 0.17 (10 min) ........ 28 

10 ................ Deferment Approval Request (IHS–856–14) ........................ 60 1 60 0.13 (8 min) .......... 8 

11 ................ Placement Update (IHS–856–15) ......................................... 170 1 170 0.18 (11 min) ........ 31 

12 ................ Annual Status Report (IHS–856–16) .................................... 200 1 200 0.25 (15 min) ........ 50 

13 ................ Summer School Request (IHS–856–21) .............................. 100 1 100 0.10 (6 min) .......... 10 

14 ................ Change of Name or Address (IHS–856–22) ........................ 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min) .......... 3 

Total ..... ............................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 3,235 225 ....................... 1,281 

* For ease of understanding, burden hours per response are also provided in minutes. 

There are no direct costs to 

respondents other than their time to 

voluntarily complete the forms and 

submit them for consideration. The 

estimated cost for the federal 

government is $145,223.00 (contractor) 

to work on the program with IHS 

program staff. 

There are no capital costs, operating 

costs and/or maintenance costs to 

respondents. 

Requests 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 the 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 

estimates 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. 

Roselyn Tso, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4166–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meetings. 


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