Specifications for Medical Examinations of Coal Miners
other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 2016-10-24 · Effective 2016-11-23 · 81 FR 73270
Document
Document number
2016-24405
Federal Register citation
81 FR 73270
CFR reference
42 CFR 37
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
2016-10-24
Effective date
2016-11-23
HHS docket
Docket No. CDC-2014-0011
Abstract
With this action, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in accordance with recent rulemaking by the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), finalizes amendments to Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program regulations to establish standards for the approval of facilities to conduct spirometry and requires that all coal mine operators submit a plan for the provision of spirometry testing and X-ray examinations to all surface and underground coal miners.