View Rule
View EO 12866 Meetings | Printer-Friendly Version Download RIN Data in XML |
DOL/OWCP | RIN: 1240-AA12 | Publication ID: Spring 2019 |
Title: Black Lung Benefits Act: Quality Standards for Medical Testing | |
Abstract:
The Black Lung Benefits Act provides benefits to miners who are totally disabled due to coal mine employment and to certain miners’ survivors. Determining entitlement necessarily entails evaluating the miner’s physical condition, particularly his or her respiratory system. These evaluations usually involve medical tests that assess the miner’s respiratory capacity. To ensure testing accuracy, the program regulations set out quality standards for administering and interpreting two commonly used tests: pulmonary function tests and arterial blood gas studies. The existing standards, last amended in 2000, have fallen out of date and no longer reflect current medical technology or practice. The Department intends to revise these regulations so that the quality standards comport with criteria currently accepted and used by the medical community. |
|
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
EO 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt | |
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 718 | |
Legal Authority: 30 U.S.C. 901(f)(1) 30 U.S.C. 936 |
Legal Deadline:
None |
||||||
Timetable:
|
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: None |
Federalism: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Michael Chance Director, Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room C-3520, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:800 347-2502 Fax:202 693-1395 Email: chance.michael@dol.gov |