HHS Invokes Retrospective Review of All Rules in Waning Days (1)

Health regulations that aren’t reviewed every 10 years to determine whether they are still needed would expire under a rule finalized Friday.

The final rule exempts certain Food and Drug Administration regulations and annual Affordable Care Act rules, in addition to procedural rules, regulations issued jointly with other agencies, and regulations around internal management.

The Department of Health and Human Services will have five years to assess regulations that are more than 10 years old, and the department can extend that deadline one time per regulation, for up to a year.

The move comes just a week and a half ...