Public Participation

The author has been interested in the accuracy of  LDT’s (Laboratory Developed Tests) on both a professional and personal basis for decades. Based upon this experience it is recommended that priority be accorded to the regulation of urological oncology testing with an emphasis on Laboratory Developed Tests (LDT’s) developed by private laboratories. The initial program would  exclude   any immediate regulation of   the procedures developed by academic or hospital based entities  until the results of the regulation of private sector laboratories are complete and  a determination is made of the magnitude  of the resultant problem, if one exists.

The author is the only individual who was involved in the formulation and initiation of centralized regulatory review from its inception, Johnson Administration,  to its development, Nixon and Ford Administrations, to its codification, Carter Administration and finally  to its  government-wide implementation, Reagan Administration. Centralized regulatory review consists of two major components, conducting benefit-cost analyses of proposed regulations  and  the OMB review of the proposed regulations before they are proposed in the Federal Register. The website of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness titled “Centralized Regulatory Review: An Archive” is devoted to providing a comprehensive national library of the actions leading to the historical establishment of centralized regulatory review.