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medical staff applicants prior to

granting medical staff privileges. To

meet these standards, IHS health care

facilities require each medical staff

applicant 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

competence of the medical staff and

verifies whether they are maintaining

their licensure and the 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. This information collection

activity is used to evaluate individual

health care providers applying for

medical staff privileges at Indian Health

Service (IHS) health care facilities.

Affected Public: Individuals, Businesses

or other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions and State, local or Tribal

Government. Type of Respondents:

health care providers requesting

Medical staff privileges at IHS health

facilities.

Table 1 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 hour.

TABLE 1

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 0.75 (45 mins) ........... 450.0

Reference letter ........................................................ 1800 1 1800 0.33 (0 mins) ............. 600.0

Reappointment request ............................................ 644 1 644 1.00 (60 mins) ........... 644.0

Medical Privileges ..................................................... 387 1 387 1.00 (60 mins) ........... 387.0

Ob-Gyn Privileges ..................................................... 25 1 25 1.00 (60 mins) ........... 25.0

Surgical Privileges .................................................... 23 1 23 1.00 (60 mins) ........... 23.0

Psychiatric Privileges ................................................ 18 1 18 1.00 (60 mins) ........... 18.0

Anesthesia Privileges ............................................... 16 1 16 1.00 (60 mins) ........... 16.0

Dental Privileges ....................................................... 128 1 128 0.33 (0 mins) ............. 42.2

Optometric Privileges ................................................ 21 1 21 0.33 (0 mins) ............. 6.9

Psychology Privileges ............................................... 23 1 23 0.17 (0 mins) ............. 3.9

Audiologic Privileges ................................................. 6 1 6 0.08 (0 mins) ............. 0.5

Podiatric Privileges ................................................... 6 1 6 0.08 (0 mins) ............. 0.5

Radiology Privileges ................................................. 9 1 9 0.33 (0 mins) ............. 3.0

Pathology Privileges ................................................. 3 1 3 0.33 (0 mins) ............. 1.0

Total ................................................................... 3,709 ........................ ........................ .................................... 2,221.0

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

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.

SEND COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION: Send your written

comments, requests for more

information on the proposed collection

or requests to obtain a copy of the data

collection instrument(s) and

instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen,

Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance

Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,

Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852.1601,

call non-toll free (301) 443–1116, send

via facsimile to (301) 443–1522, or send

your E-mail requests, comments, and

return address to:

lhodahkw@hqe.ihs.gov.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Your comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before June 30, 1998.

Dated: April 21, 1998.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Acting Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of the meeting of the Drug

Testing Advisory Board of the Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention in June

1998.

A portion of the Drug Testing

Advisory Board meeting will be open

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various program, procedural, and

technical issues. The preliminary

agenda for the open session includes,

but is not limited to, the following

topics: HHS update, DOT update, NRC

update, and a discussion of information

submitted by industry representatives

regarding the proposed draft document

alternative drug testing specimens and

technologies. Public comments are

welcome during the open session. If

anyone needs special accommodations

for persons with disabilities please

notify the Contact listed below.

The DTAB meeting will include the

review of sensitive National Laboratory

Certification Program (NLCP) internal

operating procedures and program

development issues. Therefore, a

portion of the meeting will be closed to

the public as determined by the

Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance

with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (4), and (6) and

5 U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(d).

An agenda for this meeting and a

roster of board members may be

obtained from: Ms. Giselle Hersh,

Division of Workplace Programs, Room

13A–54, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–6014.

Substantive program information may

be obtained from the contact whose

name and telephone number is listed

below.

Committee name: Drug Testing

Advisory Board.

Meeting date: June 9, 1998.

Place: Gaithersburg Hilton, 620 Perry

Parkway, Gaithersburg, Maryland

20877.

Open: June 9, 1998, 8:30 a.m.–11:00

a.m.

Closed: June 9, 1998, 11:00 a.m–4:00

p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna M. Bush, Ph.D., Executive

Secretary, Telephone: (301) 443–6014

and FAX: (301) 443–3031.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Jeri Lipov,

Committee Management Officer, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4341–N–08]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

To Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, Room 7256,

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1226;

TTY number for the hearing- and

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the December 12, 1988

court order in National Coalition for the

Homeless v. Veterans Administration,

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,

identifying unutilized, underutilized,

excess and surplus Federal buildings

and real property that HUD has

reviewed for suitability for use to assist

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the

purpose of announcing that no

additional properties have been

determined suitable or unsuitable this

week.

Dated: April 23, 1998.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Application for

Approval

The following applicant has applied

for approval to conduct certain activities

with birds that are protected in

accordance with the Wild Bird

Conservation Act of 1992. This notice is

provided pursuant to Section 112(4) of

the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992,

50 CFR 15.26(c).

Applicant: David H. Dixon, Bluffdale,

Utah. The applicant wishes to establish

a cooperative breeding program for the

European goshawk (Accipiter gentilis),

the European sparrowhawk (Accipiter

nisus), the English peregrine falcon

(Falco peregrinus peregrinus), the

Cassini peregrine falcon (Falco

peregrinus cassini), the Saker falcon

(Falco cherrug), the Black shaheen

(Falco peregrinus peregrinator), the Redheaded merlin (Falco chicquera) and the

Black sparrowhawk (Accipiter

melanoleucus). Mr. Dixon wishes to be

an active participant in this program

with five other private individuals. The

Utah Falconers and Raptor Breeders

Association has assumed the

responsibility for the oversight of the

program.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2095);

FAX: (703/358–2298).

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Margaret Tieger,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Receipt of Petition for Federal

Acknowledgment of Existence as an

Indian Tribe

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Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

This is published in the exercise of

authority delegated by the Secretary of

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8. Pursuant to

25 CFR 83.9(a) notice is hereby given

that: Beaver Creek Band of Pee Dee

Indians 978 Seivern Road Wagener,

South Carolina 29164 has filed a

petition for acknowledgment by the

Secretary of the Interior that the group

exists as an Indian tribe. The petition

was received by the Bureau of Indian

Affairs (BIA) on January 21,1998, and

was signed by members of the group’s

governing body.

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