How can we ensure that HHS will write “good” standards?
Once the CARE Bill is passed, HHS is required by the Federal Administrative Procedures Act to publish in the Federal Register a notice called a “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).” This is an opportunity for the public to comment on what they think should be included in the standards. ASRT, along with the Alliance for Quality Medical Imaging & Radiation Therapy, has been working on a comprehensive draft of updated technologist and personnel guidelines to provide to HHS when the rulemaking process begins. This document will most likely be the document upon which HHS will base the federal minimum standards. Other organizations may also make comments, but the majority of organizations who would normally make public comments on proposed regulations have already been working on the Alliance draft.
