A bill to amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act to exempt physician office laboratories from the clinical laboratories requirements of that section

4 Pages·1999·0.13 MB·English

by  United States. Congress. House

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February3,1999
Mr.Archerintroducedthefollowingbill;whichwasreferredtothe
CommitteeonCommerce
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BILL
To amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act
to exempt physician office laboratories from the clinical
laboratoriesrequirementsofthatsection.
1 BeitenactedhytheSenateandHouseofRepresenta-
2 tivesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,
3 SECTION1.SHORTTITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the "Clinical Laboratory
5 ImprovementActAmendmentsof1999"
6 SEC.2.EXEMPTIONOFPHYSICIANOFFICELABORATORIES.
7 Section353(d) ofthePubhcHealth ServiceAct (42
8 U.S.C.263a(d))isamended—
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1 (1) bj^ redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
2 (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) and by adding
3 afterparagraph (1)thefollowing:
4 "(2) Exemption of physician office lab-
5 oratories.
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6 "(A) In generai.. Except asprovidedin
7 subparagraph (B), a clinical laboratory in a
8 physician'soffice(includinganofficeofagroup
9 ofphysicians) which is directed by a physician
10 and inwhich examinations and procedures are
11 either performed by a physician or by individ-
12 uals supervised by a physician solely as an ad-
13 junct to other services provided by the physi-
14 clan'sofficeisexemptfromthissection.
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15 "(B) Exception. clinical laboratory^
16 described in subparagraph (A) is not exempt
17 fromthissectionwhenitperformsapapsmear
18 (PapanicolaouSmear) analysis.
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19 ''(C) Definition. For purposes of sub-
20 paragraph (A), the term 'physician' has the
21 samemeaningasisprescribedforsuchtermby
22 section 1861(r) ofthe Social SecurityAct (42
23 U.S.C. 1395x(r)).";
24 (2) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) by
25 striking"(3)" andinserting"(4)";and
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