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OMB Control No: 0910-0607	ICR Reference No: 202504-0910-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202210-0910-014
Agency/Subagency: HHS/FDA	Agency Tracking No: CDRH
Title: Administrative Procedures for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Categorization
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 11/26/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2026
Responses	450	413
Time Burden (Hours)	80,430	52,400
Cost Burden (Dollars)	542,150	115,750

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	450	413	37
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	80,430	52,400	28,030
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	542,150	115,750	426,400

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: FDA estimates an increase of 30 responses for requests for CLIA categorization and 7 responses for waiver application submission based on recent FDA receipt data to more accurately reflect recent receipts of requests for CLIA categorization and CLIA waiver application submissions. Our total burden for this collection will be 80,430 hours (24,430 reporting + 56,000 recordkeeping). Our estimated burden for the information collection reflects an overall increase of 28,030 hours

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,009,995

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Amber Sanford 301 796-8867 amber.sanford@fda.hhs.gov