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Respondent agrees that she will not 

participate in any PHS-supported 

research until such a supervisory plan is 

submitted to ORI. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Director, Division of Investigative 

Oversight, Office of Research Integrity, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750, 

Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453–8800. 

John Dahlberg, 

Director, Division of Investigative Oversight, 

Office of Research Integrity. 

[FR Doc. E9–14900 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Request for Public Comment: 60-Day 

Proposed Information Collection: 

Indian Health Service Forms 

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 

60-Day Proposed Information 

Collection: Indian Health Service Forms 

to Implement the Privacy Rule (45 CFR 

Parts 160 & 164). 

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service 

(IHS), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, conducts a pre-clearance 

consultation program to provide the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing collections 

of information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the IHS is 

providing a 60-day advance opportunity 

for public comment on a proposed 

extension on collection of information 

to be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review. 

Proposed Collection: Title: 0917– 

0030, ‘‘IHS Forms to Implement the 

Privacy Rule (45 CFR Parts 160 & 164)’’. 

Type of Information Collection Request: 

Extension, with revisions, of currently 

approved information collection, 0917– 

0030, ‘‘IHS Forms to Implement the 

Privacy Rule (45 CFR Parts 160 & 164)’’. 

Form Number(s): IHS–810, IHS–912–1, 

IHS 912–2, IHS–913 and IHS–917. Need 

and Use of Information Collection: This 

collection of information is made 

necessary by the Department of Health 

and Human Services Rule entitled 

‘‘Standards for Privacy of Individually 

Identifiable Health Information’’ 

(‘‘Privacy Rule’’) (45 CFR Parts 160 and 

164). The Privacy Rule implements the 

privacy requirements of the 

Administrative Simplification subtitle 

of the Health Information Portability 

and Accountability Act of 1996 and 

creates national standards to protect an 

individual’s personal health information 

and gives patients increased access to 

their medical records. 45 CFR 164.508, 

522, 526 and 528 of the Rule require the 

collection of information to implement 

these protection standards and access 

requirements. The IHS will use the 

following data collection instruments to 

continue the implementation of the 

information collection requirements 

contained in the Rule. 

45 CFR 164.508: This provision 

requires covered entities to obtain or 

receive a valid authorization for its use 

or disclosure of protected health 

information for other than for treatment, 

payment and healthcare operations. 

Under the provision individuals may 

initiate a written authorization 

permitting covered entities to release 

their protected health information to 

entities of their choosing. The form 

IHS–810, ‘‘Authorization for Use or 

Disclosure of Protected Health 

Information’’ will be used to document 

an individual’s authorization to use or 

disclose their protected health 

information. 

45 CFR 164.522: Section 164.522(a)(1) 

requires a covered entity to permit 

individuals to request that the covered 

entity restrict the use and disclosure of 

their protected health information. The 

covered entity may or may not agree to 

the restriction. The form IHS–912–1, 

‘‘Request for Restriction(s)’’ will be used 

to document an individual’s request for 

restriction of their protected health 

information and whether IHS agreed or 

disagreed with the restriction. Section 

164.522(a)(2)(1) permits a covered entity 

to terminate its agreement to a 

restriction if the individual agrees to or 

requests the termination in writing. The 

form IHS–912–2, ‘‘Request for 

Revocation of Restriction(s)’’ will be 

used to document the agency or 

individual request to terminate a 

formerly agreed to restriction regarding 

the use and disclosure of protected 

health information. 

45 CFR 164.528 and 45 CFR 5b.9(c): 

This provision requires covered entities 

to permit individuals to request that the 

covered entity provide an accounting of 

disclosures of protected health 

information made by the covered entity. 

The form IHS–913, ‘‘Request for an 

Accounting of Disclosures’’ will be used 

to document an individual’s request for 

an accounting of disclosures of their 

protected health information and the 

agency’s handling of the request. 

45 CFR 164.526: This provision 

requires covered entities to permit an 

individual to request that the covered 

entity amend protected health 

information. If the covered entity 

accepts the requested amendment, in 

whole or in part, the covered entity 

must inform the individual that the 

amendment is accepted and obtain the 

individual’s identification of an 

agreement to have the covered entity 

notify the relevant persons with which 

the amendment needs to be shared. If 

the covered entity denies the requested 

amendment, in whole or in part, the 

covered entity must provide the 

individual with a written denial. The 

form IHS–917, ‘‘Request for Correction/ 

Amendment of Protected Health 

Information’’ will be used to document 

an individual’s request to amend their 

protected health information and the 

agency’s decision to accept or deny the 

request. 

Completed forms used in this 

collection of information are filed in the 

IRS medical, health and billing record, 

a Privacy Act System of Records Notice. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. Type of Respondents: 

Individuals. Burden Hours: The table 

below provides the estimated burden 

hours for this information collection: 

45 CFR section/IHS form Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Burden per 

response* 

(mins) 

Total annual 

burden 

164.506, IHS–810 ............................................................................................ 500,000 1 20 166,667 

164.522(a)(1), IHS–912–1 ............................................................................... 15,000 1 10 2,500 

164.522(a)(2), IHS–912–2 ............................................................................... 5,000 1 10 833 

164.528 IHS–913 ............................................................................................. 15,000 1 10 2,500 

164.526, IHS–917 ............................................................................................ 7,500 1 15 1,875 

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45 CFR section/IHS form Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Burden per 

response* 

(mins) 

Total annual 

burden 

Total Annual Burden ................................................................................. 5 174,375 

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

The total estimated burden for this 

collection of information is 174,375 

hours. 

There are no capital costs, operating 

costs and/or maintenance costs to 

respondents. 

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 and requests for more 

information on the proposed collection 

or requests to obtain a copy of the data 

collection instrument(s) and 

instructions to: Ms. Betty Gould, Acting 

IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 801 

Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852, call non-toll free 

(301) 443–7899, send via facsimile to 

(301) 443–9879, or send your e-mail 

requests, comments, and return address 

to: betty.gould@ihs.gov. 

Comment Due Date: Your comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having full effect if 

received within 60 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: June 17, 2009. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director for Management Operations, 

Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–14841 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–09BW] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Postural Analysis in Low-Seam 

Mines—New—National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

NIOSH, under Public Law 91–596, 

sections 20 and 22 (section 20–22, 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970) has the responsibility to conduct 

research relating to innovative methods, 

techniques, and approaches dealing 

with occupational safety and health 

problems. 

According to the Mining Safety and 

Health Administration (MSHA) injury 

database, 227 knee injuries were 

reported in underground coal mining in 

2007. With data from the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), it can be estimated that 

the financial burden of knee injuries 

was nearly three million dollars in 2007. 

Typically, mine workers utilize 

kneepads to better distribute the 

pressures at the knee. The effectiveness 

of these kneepads is to be investigated 

in a study by NIOSH. Thus, NIOSH will 

be determining the forces, stresses, and 

moments at the knee while in postures 

associated with low-seam mining. At 

this time, the postures utilized by lowseam mine workers and their frequency 

of use are unknown. Therefore, before 

conducting this larger, experimental 

study, the proposed field study must be 

conducted. 

The aim of the proposed field study 

is to determine the postures 

predominantly used by low-seam mine 

workers such that they may complete 

the various tasks associated with their 

job duties. A questionnaire was 

developed for each of the major job 

types seen in low-seam mines with 

continuous miners (continuous miner 

operator, roof bolter operator, shuttle car 

operator, mobile bridge operator, 

mechanic, beltman, maintenance shift 

worker, foreman). The questionnaire 

asks basic demographic information 

(e.g., time in job type, years in mining, 

age). Additionally, a series of questions 

are asked such that it may be 

determined if a mine worker is likely to 

have a knee injury, even if it is 

undiagnosed. These questions were 

developed with the help of a physical 

therapist. A schematic of possible 

postures will then be presented to the 

mine workers and they will be asked to 

identify the primary two postures they 

utilize to complete their job duties. The 

questionnaire then asks mine workers to 

identify the primary postures they 

utilize to complete specific tasks (e.g., 

hanging curtain, building stoppings) 

that are part of their job duties. Finally, 

mine workers are asked to identify those 

postures that are least and most 

comfortable/stressful. There is no cost to 

respondents other than their time.