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###### Department of Justice

          - [OMB Number 1117-0049]

# AGENCY:

Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

# ACTION:

30-Day notice.

# 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 30 days until March 3, 2025.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        If you have 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:                         *DEA.PRA@dea.gov*                         or                         *Heather.E.Achbach@dea.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    This proposed information collection was previously published in the                     **Federal Register**                     on November 26, 2024, at 89 FR 93348, allowing for a 60-day comment period. The 60-day notice was also mistitled as Revision without                           ( print page 8538)                        Change of a Previously Approved Collection. The correct title for the 60-Day notice is Extension without Change of a Previously Approved Collection. 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 agency, 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;

—Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and/or

                    —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.                

                    Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website                     *www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain.*                     Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering either the title of the information collection or the OMB Control Number 1117-0049. This information collection request may be viewed at                     *www.reginfo.gov.*                     Follow the instructions to view Department of Justice, information collections currently under review by OMB.                

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

## Overview of This Information Collection

                    1.                     *Type of Information Collection:*                     Extension without change of a currently Approved Collection.                

                    2.                     *Title of the Form/Collection:*                     Recordkeeping for Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances.                

                    3.                     *Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice 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.                     *Obligation to Respond:*                     Mandatory.                

                    6.                     *Total Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     158,884.                

                    7.                     *Estimated Time per Respondent:*                     1.043 hours.                

                    8.                     *Frequency:*                     1 per year.                

                    9.                     *Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:*                     107,733 hours.                

                    10.                     *Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden:*                     $0.                

If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: January 27, 2025.

Darwin Arceo,

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 2025-01959 Filed 1-29-25; 8:45 am]

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