title: The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988.
abstract: On October 31, 1988, the President signed into law H.R. 5471, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, Public Law 100-578. This law strengthens quality performance requirements under the Public Health Service Act and extends these requirements to all laboratories, including those in physicians' offices and those that participate in the Medicare program independently or as part of a Medicare-certified provider.
mesh_terms: D007753:Laboratories / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008004:Licensure; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States