One State's Approach to the Regulation of Cholesterol Screening

In 1989 Maryland became the first State to enact legislation, separate from existing laboratory law, authorizing a comprehensive, self-supporting program to regulate cholesterol screening conducted outside of laboratories and physicians' offices. This program requires a State permit to conduct...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 1990-11, Vol.105 (6), p.584-588
Main Author: DEBOY, J. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Blood tests
Cholesterol
Cholesterol - blood
Cholesterols
Economic regulation
Fees
Government regulation
Health care
Health policy
Humans
Labor law
Legislation, Medical
Legislators
Maryland
Medical sciences
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality assurance
Regulatory legislation
State government
Technical standards
United States
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Summary:In 1989 Maryland became the first State to enact legislation, separate from existing laboratory law, authorizing a comprehensive, self-supporting program to regulate cholesterol screening conducted outside of laboratories and physicians' offices. This program requires a State permit to conduct cholesterol screening and oversees regulations that define minimum standards of quality assurance in such areas as personnel training, analytical quality control, counseling, and patient referral. This paper is a review of some of the political and technical problems that Maryland faced and solved in developing and implementing an effective regulatory program.
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877