[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42716-42717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15469]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: HHS approval of entities that certify Medical Review Officers 
(MRO).

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SUMMARY: The current version of the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing 
Programs (Mandatory Guidelines), effective on October 1, 2010, 
addresses the role and qualifications of Medical Review Officers (MROs) 
and HHS approval of entities that certify MROs.

DATES: HHS approval is effective June 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fan, Pharm.D., J.D., Division 
of Workplace Programs (DWP), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 
(CSAP), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 16N02B, Rockville, MD 20857; 
Telephone: (240) 276-1759; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subpart M-Medical Review Officer (MRO), 
section 13.1(b) of the Mandatory Guidelines, ``Who may serve as an 
MRO?'' states as follows: ``Nationally recognized entities that certify 
MROs or subspecialty boards for physicians performing a review of 
Federal

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employee drug testing results that seek approval by the Secretary must 
submit their qualifications and a sample examination. Based on an 
annual objective review of the qualifications and content of the 
examination, the Secretary shall publish a list in the Federal Register 
of those entities and boards that have been approved.''
    HHS has completed its review of entities that certify MROs, in 
accordance with requests submitted by such entities to HHS.
    The HHS Secretary approves the following MRO certifying entities 
that offer MRO certification through examination:
    American Association of Medical Review Officers (AAMRO), P.O. Box 
12873, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, Phone: (800) 489-1839, Fax: 
(919) 490-1010, Email: [email protected], Web site: http://www.aamro.com/.
    Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC), 836 Arlington 
Heights Road, #327, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, Phone: (847) 631-0599, 
Fax: (847) 483-1282, Email: [email protected], Web site: http://www.mrocc.org/.

    Dated: June 22, 2016.
Sylvia M. Burwell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-15469 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
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