[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR60.12]

[Page 141]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 60--NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK FOR ADVERSE INFORMATION ON 
PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Disclosure of Information by the National Practitioner Data 
                                  Bank
 
Sec. 60.12  Fees applicable to requests for information.

    (a) Policy on Fees. The fees described in this section apply to all 
requests for information from the Data Bank. These fees are authorized 
by section 427(b)(4) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 
(42 U.S.C. 11137). They reflect the costs of processing requests for 
disclosure and of providing such information. The actual fees will be 
announced by the Secretary in periodic notices in the Federal Register.
    (b) Criteria for determining the fee. The amount of each fee will be 
determined based on the following criteria:
    (1) Use of electronic data processing equipment to obtain 
information--the actual cost for the service, including computer search 
time, runs, printouts, and time of computer programmers and operators, 
or other employees,
    (2) Photocopying or other forms of reproduction, such as magnetic 
tapes--actual cost of the operator's time, plus the cost of the machine 
time and the materials used,
    (3) Postage--actual cost, and
    (4) Sending information by special methods requested by the 
applicant, such as express mail or electronic transfer--the actual cost 
of the special service.
    (c) Assessing and collecting fees. The Secretary will announce 
through notice in the Federal Register from time to time the methods of 
payment of Data Bank fees. In determining these methods, the Secretary 
will consider efficiency, effectiveness, and convenience for the Data 
Bank users and the Department. Methods may include: credit card; 
electronic fund transfer; check; and money order.

[54 FR 42730, Oct. 17, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 27899, May 26, 1995; 64 
FR 9922, Mar. 1, 1999]