[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2675-2676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00476]


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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.

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.
    Subpart M-Medical Review Officer (MRO), Section 13.1(b), ``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 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 train and certify 
MROs, in accordance with requests submitted by such entities to HHS.
    (1) The HHS Secretary approves the following MRO certifying 
entities that offer both MRO training and certification through 
examination:

American Association of Medical Review Officers (AAMRO), P.O. Box 
12873, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, Phone: (800) 489-1839, Fax:

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(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/.
    (2) Additionally, the HHS Secretary lists the following entities 
that offer MRO training as a prerequisite for MRO certification by the 
above-listed approved entities:

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), 25 
Northwest Point Boulevard, Suite 700, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1030, 
Phone: (847) 818-1800, Fax: (847) 818-9266, Contact Form: http://www.acoem.org/contactacoem.aspx, Web site: http://www.acoem.org/;
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), 4601 N. Park Avenue, 
Upper Arcade 101, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, Phone: (301) 656-
3920, Fax: (301) 656-3815, Email: [email protected], Web site: http://www.asam.org/.

DATES: HHS approval is effective January 14, 2013.

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), 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1038, Rockville, MD 20857; 
Telephone: (240) 276-1759; Email: [email protected].

    Dated: January 4, 2013.
Kathleen Sebelius,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-00476 Filed 1-11-13; 8:45 am]
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