3.0.0 4056 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z Senate S S 2006-11-15 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-11-15T23:07:40Z Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 109 6133 HR 2006-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2006-11-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2006-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2006-11-15 True Health Administrative procedure Continuing education Cytology Department of Health and Human Services Education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Gynecology Higher education Law Medical education Medical laboratories Medical tests Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Student records Women Women's health Health 00 2006-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-12T21:04:45Z Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytologic preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; and (2) maintain a record of program results.

Requires the Secretary to terminate individual proficiency testing that was in effect before enactment of this Act.

]]> Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 Display Title Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s4056is/xml/BILLS-109s4056is.xml 2006-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.