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Work hours petition rejected. (Policy & Practice).

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| November 15, 2002 | Silverman, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Imposing a limitation on resident work hours isn't necessary, the federal government says. Rejecting a petition by Public Citizen and two medical-student associations to restrict work hours, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration instead supports the voluntary standards adopted by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education. The new standards include a limit of 80 duty hours per week, with a minimum of 10 hours of ...

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