Specifications for Medical Examinations of Coal Miners
other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 2014-08-04 · Effective 2014-08-04 · 79 FR 45110
Document
Document number
2014-18336
Federal Register citation
79 FR 45110
CFR reference
42 CFR 37
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2014-08-04
Effective date
2014-08-04
HHS docket
Docket No. CDC-2014-0011
Abstract
With this action, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in accordance with a final rule recently published by the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), is amending its regulations to establish standards for the approval of facilities that conduct spirometry examinations and to require that all coal mine operators submit a plan for the provision of spirometry and X-ray examinations to all surface and underground coal miners.