National guidelines for health planning--rescission of computed tomographic scanner standards--Public Health Service. Notice of proposed rulemaking.
This document proposes to recind the standards for computed tomographic (CT) scanners with respect to the appropriate supply, distribution and organization of health resources. Concern has been expressed that the standards are to rigid and inflexible, and that they don't take into account recent advances in the state-of-the-art in scanning technology. This action will give states and local communities the fullest possible discretion and flexibility in health systems planning. Non-regulatory technical information materials concerning CT scanners are being made available to the public.
D006285:Health Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014492:United States Public Health Service