Industry Regulations Flashcards
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Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), what is the employer's primary obligation when a qualified employee requests a workplace accommodation?
Answer: Engage in an interactive process to identify effective accommodations
The ADA requires employers to engage in a good-faith interactive process with the employee to determine what reasonable accommodations would enable them to perform essential job functions.
The FDA's 510(k) clearance pathway is used to bring which type of product to market?
Answer: Medical devices substantially equivalent to a predicate device
The 510(k) is a premarket submission demonstrating that a medical device is substantially equivalent to a legally marketed device (predicate) already on the market.
Under the Clean Air Act, a 'major source' of air pollution is generally defined as a facility emitting how many tons of regulated pollutants per year?
Answer: 100 tons or more
Under the Clean Air Act, a 'major source' typically emits 100 tons per year or more of any regulated pollutant, triggering more stringent permitting requirements.
Which OSHA standard requires employers in general industry to provide fall protection when workers are exposed to falls of 4 feet or more?
Answer: 29 CFR 1910.23 (Walking-Working Surfaces)
29 CFR 1910.23 under OSHA's Walking-Working Surfaces standard requires fall protection for general industry workers exposed to falls of 4 feet or more.
Under HIPAA's Breach Notification Rule, a covered entity must notify affected individuals of a breach of unsecured PHI within how many days of discovery?
Answer: 60 days
HIPAA's Breach Notification Rule requires covered entities to notify affected individuals within 60 calendar days of discovering a breach of unsecured protected health information.
The Dodd-Frank Act's 'Volcker Rule' primarily restricts banks from engaging in which activity?
Answer: Proprietary trading and owning hedge funds
The Volcker Rule prohibits banks from engaging in short-term proprietary trading of securities and from owning or sponsoring hedge funds and private equity funds.
In food manufacturing, a HACCP plan requires identifying which type of control point where failure could result in a food safety hazard?
Answer: Critical Control Point (CCP)
A HACCP plan identifies Critical Control Points (CCPs) — steps in the process where control can be applied to prevent, eliminate, or reduce a food safety hazard to acceptable levels.