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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AJ29 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Hospital Conditions of Participation: Laboratory Services (CMS-3014-F) 
Abstract: This non major final rule requires hospitals that transfuse blood and blood components to prepare and follow written procedures for appropriate action when it is determined that blood and blood products the hospital received and transfused are at increased risk for transmitting hepatitis C virus (HCV); quarantine prior collections from a donor who is at increased risk for transmitting HCV infection; notify transfusion recipients, as appropriate, of the need for HCV testing and counseling; and maintain records for at least 10 years. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 482   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1302    42 USC 1395hh   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  MMA sec 902  08/24/2010 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/16/2000  65 FR 69416   
Interim Final Rule   08/24/2007  72 FR 48562   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  10/23/2007    
Final Action  08/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Related to 0910-AB76 
Agency Contact:
Mary Collins
Health Insurance Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Clinical Standards Group, Mailstop S3-02-01, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244
Phone:410 786-3189
Email: mary.collins@cms.hhs.gov