Federal register
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This rule sets forth the policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for participation in the National Practitioner Data Bank (Data Bank). VA will request information from the Data Bank concerning physicians, dentists and other health care practitioners who provide or seek to provide health care services at VA facilities and will also report information to the Data Bank regarding malpractice payments and adverse clinical privileges actions. The intended effect of this policy is to participate in the Data Bank for the purpose of promoting better health care at VA and non-VA health care facilities.
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The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) of the Department of Labor (DOL or Department) are promulgating regulations governing the filing and enforcement of labor condition applications filed by employers seeking to use aliens in specialty occupations on H-1B visas. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended by the Immigration Act of 1990 (Act), an employer seeking to employ an alien in a specialty occupation on an H-1B visa is required to file a labor condition application with, and receive the approval of, DOL before the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) may approve an H-1B visa petition. The labor condition application process will be administered by ETA; complaints and investigations regarding labor condition applications will be the responsibility of ESA.
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The Commissioner of Food and Drugs is redelegating authorities to certain officials of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to temporarily suspend premarket approval applications and to recall devices in the event those devices would cause serious adverse consequences to health or death. These authorities were given to the FDA by the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990.