CAP Public Policy Compendium

Updated May 6, 2013

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• HIV and HBV Testing of Health Care Workers
• HIV Testing of Patients

Accreditation

• Subspecialty Laboratory Disciplines
• CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Standards)
• CAP Biorepository Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Standards)
• CAP Forensic Drug Testing Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Standards)
• CAP Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Standards)

Autopsy

• Definition of the Autopsy
• Technological Adjuncts to the Autopsy
• Autopsy Organ and Tissue Retention and Disposition
• Guidelines and Criteria for Non-forensic Autopsies
• Model Medical Examiner Legislation
• Payment and Performance of the Autopsy Service (see also Payment and Reimbursement)
• Observation of an Autopsy as Punishment
• Restrictions on the Uses of Autopsy Materials
• Optimizing Death Investigations and Forensic Sciences Practices

Blood and Blood Banking

• Recommendations for Autologous Transfusions
• Development and Application of New Technology for Donor Screening
• Universal Leukoreduction

Certification of Death

• Certification of Death
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)

• Criteria for the Clinical Laboratory Director (see also Standards)
• CLIA Waived Tests and Test Categories
• Point of Care Testing (see also Health Care Delivery)
• Retention of Laboratory Records and Materials (see also Standards)

Genetic Medicine

• Patents and Gene-Based Tests
• Definition of Genetic Information for Inherited Genotypes

Guidelines

• Principles of Ethical and Professional Conduct
• Guidelines for the Review of Pap Tests in the Context of Litigation or Potential Litigation
• Expert Review of Histologic Slides in the Context of Litigation
• Managed Care Plans
• Expert Witness Guidelines in Medical Malpractice for the Specialty of Pathology

Health Care Delivery

• Direct Access Laboratory Testing
• PSA Testing In The Early Detection, Diagnosis and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer
• Frequency of Cervical Cancer Screening
• Cervical Cancer Screening and Management in Adolescents
• Rapid and Reliable Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
• National Practitioners Data Bank
• Licensure Requirements for Interstate Diagnosis/Treatment
• Point of Care Testing (see also CLIA)
• Hepatitis B Vaccination
• Smallpox Vaccination

Health System Reform

• Antitrust Reform
• Medical Liability Reform

Health Insurance

• Health Care Coverage and Financing

Health Workforce

• HPV Testing
• Definition of Pathology
• Medical Review Officers Examination and Certification
• Model Medical Examiner Legislation
• Pathologist Staffing
• Pathologists Assistants
• Requirements for Chief Medical Examiners
• Subspecialty Certification in Surgical Pathology

Payment and Reimbursement

• Payment and Performance of the Autopsy Service
• Direct Payment for Pathology Services
• Pathologist Professional Component Billing for Clinical Pathology Services

Pap Test

• Frequency of Cervical Cancer Screening (see also Health Care Delivery)
• Guidelines for the Review of Pap Tests in the Context of Litigation or Potential Litigation
• Third Party Payment for Cervical Cancer Screening

Patient Safety

• Patient Safety and Informing Patients of Pathology Errors
• Patient Safety
• Definition of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and Quality Improvement

Pathologic Specimens

• Custodianship of Human Biospecimens and Their Derived Products
• Surgical Specimens to be Submitted to Pathology for Examination
• Hair Analysis

Professional and Ethical Conduct

• Code of Ethics
• Fraud and Abuse
• Expert Witness Guidelines in Medical Malpractice for the Specialty of Pathology

Scope of Practice

• Determination of Appropriate Clinical and Anatomic Laboratory Services
• Pharmacist Scope of Practice and Laboratory Testing Responsibility
• Genetic Counselor Scope of Practice and Genetic Testing

Self Referral

• Self-Referral

Standards

• CAP Biorepository Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Accreditation)
• Criteria for the Clinical Laboratory Director (see also CLIA)
• Retention of Laboratory Records and Materials (see also CLIA)
• CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Accreditation)
• CAP Forensic Drug Testing Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Accreditation)
• CAP Reproductive Laboratory Accreditation Program Standards of Accreditation (see also Accreditation)

Tissue and Organ Donation

• Informed Consent for the Donation, Use, and Disposition of Human Tissue for Non-diagnostic Purposes