[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR60.12]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           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:



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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]