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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93348-93349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27683]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1117-0049]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Revision Without Change of a Previously Approved 
Collection Recordkeeping for Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled 
Substances

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA), will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
January 27, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments 
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, 
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection 
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact 
Heather E. Achbach, Regulatory Drafting and Policy Support Section, 
Drug Enforcement Administration; Mailing Address: 8701 Morrissette 
Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: (571) 776-3882; Email: 
[email protected] or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of 
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of 
the following four points:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Recordkeeping for Electronic 
Prescriptions for Controlled Substances.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: No form number is associated 
with this collection. The applicable component within the Department of 
Justice is the Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control 
Division.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract:
    Affected public (Primary): Business or other for-profit.
    Affected public (Other): Not-for-profit institutions; Federal, 
State, local, and tribal governments.
    Abstract: DEA is requiring that each registered practitioner apply 
to an approved credential service provider approved to obtain identity 
proofing and a credential. Hospitals and other institutional 
practitioners may conduct this process in-house as part of their 
credentialing. For practitioners currently working at or affiliated 
with a registered hospital or clinic, the hospital/clinic have to check 
a government-issued photographic identification. This may be done when 
the hospital/clinic issues credentials to new hires or newly affiliated 
physicians. For individual practitioners, two people need to enter 
logical access control data to grant permissions for practitioners 
authorized to approve and sign controlled substance prescriptions using 
the electronic prescription application. For institutional 
practitioners, logical access control data is entered by two people 
from an entity within the hospital/clinic that is separate from the 
entity that conduct identity proofing in-house. Similarly, pharmacies 
have to set logical access controls in the pharmacy application so that 
only authorized employees have permission to annotate or alter 
prescription records. Finally, if the electronic prescription or 
pharmacy application generates an incident report, practitioners, 
hospitals/clinics, and pharmacies have to review the incident report to 
determine if the event identified by the application represents a 
security incident.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The DEA estimates 
that 158,884 registrants participate in this information collection, 
taking an estimated 40 minutes for Practitioner, 128 minutes for 
Hospital/Clinic, and 20 minutes for Pharmacy.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the proposed collection: DEA estimates that this collection takes 
107,733 annual burden hours.
    7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection, if applicable: $0.

                                                                   Total Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                                           Total annual
                    Activity                        Number of    Frequency    Total annual                Time per response                   burden
                                                   respondents                  responses                                                     (hours)
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Practitioner....................................       154,571            1         154,571  0.67 (40 minutes)..........................         103,563
Hospital/Clinic.................................         1,526            1           1,526  2.13 (128 minutes).........................           1,526
Pharmacy........................................         2,787            1           2,787  0.33 (20 minutes)..........................           2,787
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    Unduplicated Totals.........................       158,884          N/A         158,884  1.043......................................         107,733
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    If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.

    Dated: November 21, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-27683 Filed 11-25-24; 8:45 am]
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