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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4555

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend provisions 

relating to mammography quality standards. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2004

Mr. DINGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 

provisions relating to mammography quality standards.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mammography Quality 

5 Standards Reauthorization Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY RENEWAL AND LIMITED PROVISIONAL 

7 CERTIFICATE. 

8 Section 354 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 263b) is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—
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1 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

2 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

3 by inserting ‘‘or a temporary renewal cer4 tificate’’ after ‘‘certificate’’; and 

5 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub6 section (c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 

7 (1) or (2) of subsection (c)’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

9 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

10 by inserting ‘‘or a limited provisional cer11 tificate’’ after ‘‘certificate’’; and 

12 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub13 section (c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 

14 (3) and (4) of subsection (c)’’; and 

15 (C) in the flush matter at the end, by 

16 striking ‘‘provisional certificate’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘temporary renewal certificate, provisional cer18 tificate, or a limited provisional certificate’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) in subsection (c)—

21 (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

22 paragraph (4); and 

23 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

24 following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) TEMPORARY RENEWAL CERTIFICATE.—

2 The Secretary may issue a temporary renewal cer3 tificate, for a period of not to exceed 45 days, to a 

4 facility seeking reaccreditation if the accreditation 

5 body has issued an accreditation extension, for a pe6 riod of not to exceed 45 days, for any of the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(A) The facility has submitted the re9 quired materials to the accreditation body with10 in the established time frames for the submis11 sion of such materials but the accreditation 

12 body is unable to complete the reaccreditation 

13 process before the certification expires. 

14 ‘‘(B) The facility has acquired additional 

15 or replacement equipment, or has had signifi16 cant personnel changes or other unforeseen sit17 uations that have caused the facility to be un18 able to meet reaccreditation timeframes, but in 

19 the opinion of the accreditation body have not 

20 compromised the quality of mammography. 

21 ‘‘(3) LIMITED PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE.—

22 The Secretary may, upon the request of an accredi23 tation body, issue a limited provisional certificate to 

24 an entity to enable the entity to conduct examina25 tions for educational purposes while an onsite visit 
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1 from an accreditation body is in progress. Such cer2 tificate shall be valid only during the time the site 

3 visit team from the accreditation body is physically 

4 in the facility, and in no case shall be valid for 

5 longer than 72 hours. The issuance of a certificate 

6 under this paragraph, shall not preclude the entity 

7 from qualifying for a provisional certificate under 

8 paragraph (4).’’. 

9 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 354(r)(2) of 

11 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263b(r)(2)(A) 

12 and (B)) are amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ each place it 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘2007’’.

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