[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 30080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12559]


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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) 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 employee drug test 
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 annually 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/.

DATES: HHS approval is effective May 26, 2015.

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: May 15, 2015.
Sylvia M. Burwell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-12559 Filed 5-22-15; 8:45 am]
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