Social Work: Publications

Food & Drug

Compliance Policy Guides Manual (Food and Drug Administration)
Browse the CPG Manual, which advises the FDA field inspection and compliance staffs on the standards and procedures to apply when determining industry compliance.

Human Services Policy
Office of Human Services Policy (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation)
View information on welfare, poverty, service delivery issues, data for research, policies affecting children, youth, and families, and economic matters affecting the Department.

Medical & Health Care

• Clinical Practice Guidelines (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality)
  Find evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents, with syntheses and comparisons.
• Infection Control Guidelines  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Read the primary CDC-published guidelines and recommendations for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections.
• Guidelines for Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Populations (MUPs) Designation (Health Resources and Services Administration)
  View guidelines to apply the established Criteria for Designation of Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Populations (MUPs),
• Medicare Coverage Policy (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
  Research local and national policies on Medicare coverage.

Civil and Privacy Rights

• Understanding Civil Rights  (Office for Civil Rights)
• Nondiscrimination Laws, Regulations, and Standards (Office for Civil Rights)
• How to File a Civil Rights Complaint (Office for Civil Rights)
• Health Information Privacy - See the section on this topic
• The Privacy Act (Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts Division, ASPA)

Food & Drugs

• Food Law and Regulations (Foodsafety.gov)
• Laws Enforced by the FDA and Related Statutes (Food and Drug Administration) 
• Search CFR Title 21 - Food and Drugs: Parts 1 to 1499 (Food and Drug Administration)

Fraud Prevention & Detection

• List of Excluded Individuals/Entities Search (Office of Inspector General)
• Federal Register Notices (Office of Inspector General)
• Regulatory Authorities (Office of Inspector General)
• Report Fraud (Office of Inspector General)

Freedom of Information Act & Privacy Act

• (FOIA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA and Privacy Acts Division, ASPA)
• Privacy Act (FOIA and Privacy Acts Division, ASPA)
• System of Records Notices (SORN) (FOIA and Privacy Acts Division, ASPA)

Medical & Health Care

• Legislation & Regulation (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Select Agent Transfer Program: Regulation and Supporting Material (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Medicare/Medicaid
CMS Regulations, Guidance & Legislation (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

Research

• Human Research Protections – See the section on this topic
• Laboratory Animals Welfare (National Institutes of Health)
• Animal care and use in CDC laboratory research (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Tribes

• Treaties and Law (Indian Health Service)
• Key Public Laws (Indian Health Service)
• Regulations & Records Access (Indian Health Service)

HHS Employment (No Fear Act)
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act) (Equal Employment & Opportunity Division)