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heading of this document. Received 

comments may be seen in the Division 

of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 

will be posted to the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: December 1, 2014. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2014–N–2031] 

Request for Nominations on the Food 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is requesting that 

any industry organizations interested in 

participating in the selection of a 

nonvoting industry representative to 

serve on the Food Advisory Committee 

for the Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) notify FDA 

in writing. FDA is also requesting 

nominations for a nonvoting industry 

representative(s) to serve on the Food 

Advisory Committee. A nominee may 

either be self-nominated or nominated 

by an organization to serve as a 

nonvoting industry representative. 

Nominations will be accepted for 

current vacancies effective with this 

notice. 

DATES: Any industry organization 

interested in participating in the 

selection of an appropriate nonvoting 

member to represent industry interests 

must send a letter stating that interest to 

the FDA by January 7, 2015 (see 

sections I and II of this document for 

further details). Concurrently, 

nomination materials for prospective 

candidates should be sent to FDA by 

January 7, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: All statements of interest 

from industry organizations interested 

in participating in the selection process 

of nonvoting industry representative 

nomination should be sent to Karen 

Strambler (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). All nominations for 

nonvoting industry representatives may 

be submitted electronically by accessing 

the FDA Advisory Committee 

Membership Nomination Portal: https:// 

www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/

FACTRSPortal/FACTRS/index.cfm or by 

mail to Advisory Committee Oversight 

and Management Staff, Food and Drug 

Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 

Ave., Bldg. 32, Rm. 5103, Silver Spring, 

MD 20993–0002. Information about 

becoming a member of an FDA advisory 

committee can also be obtained by 

visiting FDA’s Web site at http://

www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/

default.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Strambler, Office of Policy, 

Regulations, and Social Science, Center 

for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 

5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., Rm. 1C–016, 

College Park, MD 20740, 2400–402– 

2589, karen.strambler@fda.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Agency intends to add a nonvoting 

industry representative(s) to the 

following advisory committee: 

I. CFSAN Advisory Committee, Food 

Advisory Committee 

The Committee reviews and evaluates 

emerging food safety, nutrition and 

other food- or cosmetic-related health 

issues that FDA considers of primary 

importance for its food and cosmetics 

programs. The Committee may be 

charged with reviewing and evaluating 

available data and making 

recommendations on matters such as 

those relating to: (1) Broad scientific and 

technical food- or cosmetic-related 

issues; (2) the safety of food ingredients 

and new foods; (3) labeling of foods and 

cosmetics; (4) nutrient needs and 

nutritional adequacy; and (5) safe 

exposure limits for food contaminants. 

The Committee may also be asked to 

provide advice and make 

recommendations on ways of 

communicating to the public the 

potential risks associated with these 

issues and on approaches that might be 

considered for addressing the issues. 

II. Selection Procedure 

Any industry organization interested 

in participating in the selection of an 

appropriate nonvoting member to 

represent industry interests should send 

a letter stating that interest to the FDA 

contact (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) within 30 days of publication 

of this document (see DATES). Within the 

subsequent 30 days, FDA will send a 

letter to each organization that has 

expressed an interest, attaching a 

complete list of all such organizations; 

and a list of all nominees along with 

their current re ́sume ́s. The letter will 

also state that it is the responsibility of 

the interested organizations to confer 

with one another and to select a 

candidate, within 60 days after the 

receipt of the FDA letter, to serve as the 

nonvoting member to represent industry 

interests for the committee. The 

interested organizations are not bound 

by the list of nominees in selecting a 

candidate. However, if no individual is 

selected within 60 days, the 

Commissioner will select the nonvoting 

member to represent industry interests. 

III. Application Procedure 

Individuals may self-nominate and/or 

an organization may nominate one or 

more individuals to serve as a nonvoting 

industry representative. Contact 

information, a current curriculum vitae, 

and the name of the committee of 

interest should be sent to the FDA 

Advisory Committee Membership 

Nomination Portal (see ADDRESSES) 

within 30 days of publication of this 

document (see DATES). FDA will forward 

all nominations to the organizations 

expressing interest in participating in 

the selection process for the committee. 

(Persons who nominate themselves as 

nonvoting industry representatives will 

not participate in the selection process). 

FDA seeks to include the views of 

women, and men, members of all racial 

and ethnic groups and individuals with 

and without disabilities on its advisory 

committees and, therefore encourages 

nominations of appropriately qualified 

candidates from these groups. 

This notice is issued under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14, 

relating to advisory committees. 

Dated: December 1, 2014. 

Jill Hartzler Warner, 

Associate Commissioner for Special Medical 

Programs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement for opportunity for public 

comment on proposed data collection 

projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA) announces 

plans to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR), described 

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below, to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the 

ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments 

from the public regarding the burden 

estimate, below, or any other aspect of 

the ICR. 

DATES: Comments on this Information 

Collection Request must be received no 

later than February 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Room 10C–03, Parklawn 

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

MD 20857. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and draft 

instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov 

or call the HRSA Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When 

submitting comments or requesting 

information, please include the 

information request collection title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

National Practitioner Data Bank for 

Adverse Information on Physicians and 

Other Health Care Practitioners—45 

CFR part 60 Regulations and Forms 

OMB No. 0915–0126—Revision 

Abstract: This is a request for a 

revision of OMB approval of the 

information collection contained in 

regulations found at 45 CFR part 60 

governing the National Practitioner Data 

Bank (NPDB) and the forms to be used 

in registering with, reporting 

information to, and requesting 

information from the NPDB. 

Administrative forms are also included 

to aid in monitoring compliance with 

federal reporting and querying 

requirements. Responsibility for NPDB 

implementation and operation resides 

in the Bureau of Health Workforce, 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

The intent of the NPDB is to improve 

the quality of health care by 

encouraging hospitals, state licensing 

boards, professional societies, and other 

entities providing health care services to 

identify and discipline those who 

engage in unprofessional behavior, and 

to restrict the ability of incompetent 

health care practitioners, providers, or 

suppliers to move from state to state 

without disclosure of previous 

damaging or incompetent performance. 

It also serves as a fraud and abuse 

clearinghouse for the reporting and 

disclosing of certain final adverse 

actions (excluding settlements in which 

no findings of liability have been made) 

taken against health care practitioners, 

providers, or suppliers by health plans, 

federal agencies, and state agencies. 

The reporting forms, request for 

information forms (query forms), and 

administrative forms (used to monitor 

compliance) are accessed, completed, 

and submitted to the NPDB 

electronically through the NPDB Web 

site at http://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/. All 

reporting and querying is performed 

through this secure Web site. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The NPDB acts primarily 

as a flagging system; its principal 

purpose is to facilitate comprehensive 

review of practitioners’ professional 

credentials and background. 

Information is collected from, and 

disseminated to, eligible entities 

(entities that are entitled to query and/ 

or report to the NPDB as authorized in 

Title 45 part 60 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations) on the following: (1) 

Medical malpractice payments, (2) 

licensure actions taken by Boards of 

Medical Examiners, (3) state licensure 

and certification actions, (4) federal 

licensure and certification actions, (5) 

negative actions or findings taken by 

peer review organizations or private 

accreditation entities, (6) adverse 

actions taken against clinical privileges, 

(7) federal or state criminal convictions 

related to the delivery of a health care 

item or service, (8) civil judgments 

related to the delivery of a health care 

item or service, (9) exclusions from 

participation in federal or state health 

care programs, and (10) other 

adjudicated actions or decisions. It is 

intended that NPDB information should 

be considered with other relevant 

information in evaluating credentials of 

health care practitioners, providers, and 

suppliers. 

Likely Respondents: Eligible entities 

that are entitled to query and/or report 

to the NPDB as authorized in 

regulations found at 45 CFR part 60. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this Information 

Collection Request are summarized in 

the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Regulation citation Form name Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

§ 60.6: Reporting errors, omissions, 

revisions or whether an action is on 

appeal.

Correction, Revision to Action, Correction of Revision to Action, Void, 

Notice of Appeal (manual).

20,482 1 20,482 .25 5,121 

Correction, Revision to Action, Correction of Revision to Action, Void, 

Notice of Appeal (automated).

17,185 1 17,185 .0003 5 

§ 60.7: Reporting medical malpractice 

payments.

Medical Malpractice Payment (manual).12,613 1 12,613 .75 9,460 

Medical Malpractice Payment (automated).250 1 250 .0003 .1 

§ 60.8: Reporting licensure actions 

taken by Boards of Medical Examiners & § 60.9: Reporting licensure 

and certification actions taken by 

States.

State Licensure (manual) ....................

State Licensure (automated) ..............

16,770 

17,422 

1 

1 

16,770 

17,422 

.75 

.0003 

12,578 

5 

§ 60.10: Reporting Federal licensure 

and certification actions.

DEA/Federal Licensure ....................... 114 1 114 .75 86 

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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Regulation citation Form name Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

§ 60.11: Reporting negative actions or 

findings taken by peer review organizations or private accreditation entities.

Peer Review Organization ..................

Accreditation .......................................

10 

12 

1 

1 

10 

12 

.75 

.75 

8 

9 

§ 60.12: Reporting adverse actions 

taken against clinical privileges.

Title IV Clinical Privileges Actions ......

Professional Society ...........................

671 

50 

1 

1 

671 

50 

.75 

.75 

503 

38 

§ 60.13: Reporting Federal or State 

criminal convictions related to the 

delivery of a health care item or 

service.

Criminal Conviction (Guilty Plea or 

Trial) (manual).

Criminal Conviction (Guilty Plea or 

Trial) (automated).

1,308 

937 

1 

1 

1,308 

937 

.75 

.0003 

981 

.3 

Deferred Conviction or Pre-Trial Diversion.50 1 50 .75 38 

Nolo Contendere (No Contest) Plea ... 80 1 80 .75 60 

Injunction ............................................. 10 1 10 .75 8 

§ 60.14: Reporting civil judgments related to the delivery of a health care 

item or service.

Civil Judgment .................................... 14 1 14 .75 11 

§ 60.15: Reporting exclusions from 

participation in Federal or State 

health care programs.

Exclusion/Debarment (manual) ...........

Exclusion/Debarment (automated) .....

1,185 

5,094 

1 

1 

1,185 

5,094 

.75 

.0003 

889 

2 

§ 60.16: Reporting other adjudicated 

actions or decisions.

Government Administrative .................

Health Plan Action ..............................

2,233 

524 

1 

1 

2,233 

524 

.75 

.75 

1,675 

393 

§ 60.18 Requesting Information from 

the NPDB.

One Time Query for an Individual 

(manual).

1,980,825 1 1,980,825 .08 158,466 

One Time Query for an Individual 

(automated).

2,163,208 1 2,163,208 .0003 649 

One Time Query for an Organization 

(manual).

39,920 1 39,920 .08 3,194 

One Time Query for an Organization 

(automated).

2,266 1 2,266 .0003 1 

Self-Query on an Individual ................ 77,318 1 77,318 .42 30,201 

Self-Query on an Organization ........... 427 1 427 .42 167 

Continuous Query (manual) ................ 508,203 1 508,203 .08 40,656 

Continuous Query (automated) .......... 121,718 1 121,718 .0003 37 

§ 60.21: How to dispute the accuracy 

of NPDB information.

Subject Statement and Dispute ..........

Request for Dispute Resolution ..........

3,501 

94 

1 

1 

3,501 

94 

.75 

8 

2,626 

752 

Administrative ...................................... Non-Hospital Entity Registration (Initial).524 1 524 1 524 

Non-Hospital Entity Registration (Renewal & Update).6,383 1 6,383 .25 1,596 

Hospital Registration (Initial) ............... 37 1 37 1 37 

Hospital Registration (Renewal & Update).3,198 1 3,198 .25 800 

Licensing Board Data Request ........... 140 1 140 10.5 1,470 

Reporting Entity Discrepancy Letter ... 389 1 389 4 1556 

Licensing Board Attestation ................ 354 1 354 1 354 

Corrective Action Plan ........................ 10 1 10 .08 1 

Reconciling Missing Actions ............... 2,176 1 2,176 .08 174 

Agent Registration (Initial) .................. 30 1 30 1 30 

Agent Registration (Renewal & Update).194 1 194 .08 16 

Electronic Transfer of Funds (EFT) 

Authorization.

566 1 566 .08 45 

Authorized Agent Designation ............ 788 1 788 .25 197 

Account Discrepancy .......................... 41 1 41 .25 10 

Total ............................................. ............................................................. 5,009,324 ........................ 5,009,324 ........................ 275,429 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on (1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Jackie Painter, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy and 

Information Coordination. 

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National Institutes of Health 

Expert Panel Meeting on Identifying 

Research Needs for Assessing Safe 

Use of High Intakes of Folic Acid; 

Notice of Public Meeting and 

Registration Information 

SUMMARY: The National Toxicology 

Program (NTP) and the Office of Dietary 

Supplements (ODS) announce a public 

expert panel meeting on May 11–12, 

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