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 Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2009-N-0489]
 AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
 DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by March 10, 2010.
 ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 202-395-7285, or e-mailed to 
                        *oira_submission@omb.eop.gov*. All comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0598. Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Gittleson, Office of Information Management (HFA-710), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-796-5156, 
                        *Daniel.Gittleson@fda.hhs.gov*.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. Recommendations for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Waiver Applications—21 CFR Section 493 (OMB Control Number 0910-0598)—Extension Congress passed the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendment (CLIA) (Public Law 100-578) in 1988 to establish quality standards for all laboratory testing. The purpose was to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of patient test results regardless of where the test took place. CLIA requires that clinical laboratories obtain a certificate from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), before accepting materials derived from the human body for laboratory tests (42 U.S.C. 263a(b)). Laboratories that perform only tests that are “simple” and that have an “insignificant risk of an erroneous result” may obtain a certificate of waiver (42 U.S.C. 263a(c)(2)). The Secretary has delegated to FDA the authority to determine whether particular tests (waived tests) are “simple” and have “an insignificant risk of an erroneous result” under CLIA (69 FR 22849, April 27, 2004). This guidance document describes recommendations for device manufacturers submitting to FDA an application for determination that a cleared or approved device meets this CLIA standard (CLIA waiver application). The guidance recommends that CLIA waiver applications include a description of the features of the device that make it “simple”; a report describing a hazard analysis that identifies potential sources of error, including a summary of the design and results of flex studies and conclusions drawn from the flex studies; a description of fail-safe and failure alert mechanisms and a description of the studies validating these mechanisms; a description of clinical tests that demonstrate the accuracy of the test in the hands of intended operators; and statistical analyses of clinical study results. Only new information collections not already approved are included in the estimate in the following table. Quick reference instructions are a short version of the instructions that are written in simple language and that can be posted. The total number of reporting and recordkeeping hours is 143,200 hours. FDA bases the burden on an agency analysis of premarket submissions with clinical trials similar to the waived laboratory tests. Based on previous years' experience with CLIA waiver applications, FDA expects 40 manufacturers to submit one CLIA waiver application per year. The time required to prepare and submit a waiver application, including the time needed to assemble supporting data, averages 780 hours per waiver application for a total of 31,200 hours for reporting. Based on previous years experience with CLIA waiver applications, FDA expects that each manufacturer will spend 2,800 hours creating and 
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                    maintaining the record for a total of 112,000 hours. The total operating and maintenance cost associated with the waiver application is estimated at $66,200. The cost consists of specimen collection for the clinical study (estimated $23,500); laboratory supplies, reference testing and study oversight (estimated $26,700); shipping and office supplies (estimated $6,000); and educational materials, including quick reference instructions (estimated $10,000). This guidance also refers to previously approved collections of information found in FDA regulations. The collections of information in 21 CFR part 801 and 21 CFR 809.10 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0485 and the collections of information in 21 CFR part 803 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0437. In the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     of October 20, 2009 (74 FR 53750), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed collection of information. No comments were received. FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows: **Table 1.—Estimated Annual Reporting Burden**1
21 CFR Section
No. of 
                             Respondents
Annual Frequency 
                             of Response
Total Annual 
                             Responses
Hours per 
                             Response
Total Hours
Operating and 
                             Maintenance Costs493.15(a) and (b)
40
1
40
780
31,200
$50,2001
                         There are no capital costs associated with this collection of information.
 **Table 2.—Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden**1
21 CFR Section
No. of 
                             Recordkeepers
Annual Frequency 
                             per Recordkeeping
Total Annual 
                             Records
Hours per 
                             Record
Total Hours
Operating and 
                             Maintenance Costs493.15(a) and (b)
40
1
40
2,800
112,000
$16,0001
                         There are no capital costs associated with this collection of information.
 Dated: January 25, 2010. David Dorsey, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning and Budget.


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