Specifications for Medical Examinations of Coal Miners

With this action, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in accordance with a final rule recently published by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), is amending its regulations to establish standards for the approval of facilities that conduct spirometry examinations and to require that all coal mine operators submit a plan for the provision of spirometry and X-ray examinations to all surface and underground coal miners.

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Reference Documents

Federal Register Notices:

• Federal Register Notice – Interim final rulepdf iconexternal icon
• Federal Register Notice – Interim final rule; correctionpdf iconexternal icon
• Federal Register Notice – CFR correctionpdf iconexternal icon
• Federal Register Notice – Final rulepdf iconexternal icon