Presently, there are few legal restrictions on the use of medical screening of workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) requires that certain medical tests be performed when workers will be exposed to specific toxic substances. The OSH Act does not, however, prohibit the use of any medical ...

This article briefly describes the legislative history of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) and supplemental security income (SSI) provisions, as well as related Medicare and Medicaid provisions, of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-272). It includes a chronology outlining the interaction of the ...

Most medical specialists who are board certified have little knowledge of, or contact with, the board that issued the certificate declaring their special knowledge and competence. Here, the executive vice president of the ABMS explains the certification process and the complex organization that has evolved to ensure that the process ...

This study which focused on the 169 approved certificates for patients applying for the right for "free" medication in a sickness insurance district during one year in Finland shows two interesting findings. These, cannot of course be generalized because of the low number of observations and of doctors involved (total ...

Observations on the airline pilot group probably come as close to a true reflection of incidence of disqualifying disease as is possible to observe. Prescreening by airline companies before employment and the FAA's requirements for issuance of a first-class medical certificate result in this group's being essentially purged of a ...

This study analyzed 30,194 incident cases and 4,301 death certificates for completeness of occupational reporting. Analysis of data accuracy was based upon a comparison of more than 2,000 death certificates with incident abstracts and 352 death certificates with interview data. Death certificates had a higher proportion with occupation (94.3%) and ...

In 1975 women held 16% of the specialist certificates held by all Swedish doctors. They were over-represented in long-term medical care, holding 56% of the certificates in this specialty, and also in psychiatry (36%), dermatology (30%), paediatrics (27%), anaesthesiology (24%), obstetrics/gynaecology (21%) and ophthalmology (20%). The reasons for the over-representation ...

A current major concern of the medical community is the incidence of nosocomial, or hospital-related infection. One of the chief ways a patient may get a nosocomial infection is through medical instrumentation which has been improperly sterilized or incorrectly utilized. The clinical engineer, because of his critical involvement with medical ...

The Medical Library Association's Code for Training and Certification of Medical Librarians was in effect from 1949 to August 1977, a period during which 3,216 individuals were certified. Statistics on each type of certificate granted each year are provided. Because 54.5% of those granted certification were awarded it in the ...

Self-medication and drug interaction have been a problem in recent years. Pharmacists in ethical pharmacies and neighborhood establishments can best monitor these problems through use of patient profile records and consultations. The pharmacist should advise the public on over-the-counter (OTC) purchases. Auxiliary labels are recommended for use on containers to ...

In Norway specified information of marriages between second cousins and closer relations has been recorded in the marriage certificates since January 1889. In addition, information was collected in the 1891 census and in the Medical Registration of Births (established in 1967). A ratio of second- to first-cousin marriages equal to ...

Experience has shown that doctors tend to be overgenerous when awarding sick leave. Quite rightly their first consideration is their patient, but frequently too little thought is given to the overall effect that excessive absence because of illness may have have on the patient, on the company in which he ...

The convention of using medical certificates to assess benefit claims has grown over the years to a complex situation. The certificate serves as written testimony of the patient's state of health (be it illness, fitness or a need which is based on those grounds). While the practitioner is presumed to ...

This provides access to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report DOT/FAA/AM-04/6 by Van B. Nakagawara ...[et al] dated April 2004. Background: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) permits airmen with certain medical conditions or diseases to be medically certified, provided that such action does not compromise aviation safety. The FAA Office ...

The study quantifies several unknowns and/or uncertainties with respect to medical and general descriptive attributes of airmen denied medical certification. Data are presented concerning age, sex, occupation, total flying time, and medical characteristics of denied airmen. Certification actions at the appellate level are discussed to include medical problems associated with ...

The certification program is reviewed and questions as to the validity of the existing three grades of certification are raised. Large institutions which employ many medical librarians do not officially recognize the certificates. The three types of certificates should be replaced with one certificate or diploma. Problems of meaningful examinations, ...

This paper deals with the medico-legal aspects of death certification, the inadequate attention accorded to these aspects in most of the present death certificate forms, and the consequences resulting from this circumstance. A description is also given of the revision of the national system of medical certification of causes of ...

The principal reference of the Royal Commission was certification and detention, and treatment without certification of persons suffering from mental disorder.The general principles laid down as the result of the inquiry are set forth and shown to accord with the views of the medical profession.The Commission supports the medical view ...

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