0938-AS04 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA); Fecal Occult Blood (FOB) Testing (CMS-3271-P)

This final rule amends the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations to specify that the waived test categorization applies only to non-automated fecal occult blood tests. In addition, the rule removes the hemoglobin by copper sulfate method from the list of waived tests if commenters confirm that the method is no longer used.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 42 CFR 493 42 USC 263a Statutory Final 11/07/2017 MMA Section 902 No NPRM 11/07/2014 79 FR 66348 NPRM Comment Period End 01/06/2015 Final Action 11/00/2017 No Businesses None No No No No Daralyn Hassan Health Insurance Specialist 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 410 786-9360 daralyn.hassen@cms.hhs.gov Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, MS: C2-21-16, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244