Mar 7, 2007 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology
Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Gordon H. Smith (R-OR) yesterday introduced a bill in the Senate that aims squarely to control laboratory-developed tests, also known as ‘home brew” tests. The trigger for this bill is the growing role of genetic technology in laboratory testing. Also, the appearance of Web sites purporting to sell genetic tests directly to consumers has created a concern in some quarters that regulation of laboratory tests can help keep scam artists and bad science out of...
