THE NEW COLLEGE REGULATIONS.

New medical marijuana regulations: the coming storm.

Medical devices: new regulations, new responsibilities.

Using Experience to Generate New Regulations

Humans have developed jurisprudence as a mechanism to solve conflictive situations by using past experiences. Following this principle, we propose an approach to enhance a multi-agent system by adding an authority which is able to generate new regulations whenever conflicts arise. Regulations are generated by learning from previous similar situations, using a machine learning technique (based o...

The New International Health Regulations and the Federalism Dilemma

I n the aftermath of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (Figure 1) and in anticipation of avian fl u, the international health community has recognized that pandemic planning and response is an inherently multigovernmental concern. The ability of pathogens to cross borders and rapidly spread around the globe requires highly coordinated public health responses that involve the cooperation ...

HCFA's antidumping regulations contain new requirements.

REPORTING REQUIREMENT When hospitals enter into Medicare provider agreements with HCFA, they make certain com mitments required by statute. The new regulations now add to this list a requirement to report to HCFA, or the state licensing authority, any time a hospital has "reason to believe it may have received an individual who has been transferred in an unstable emergency medical condition fro...