{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-37.97","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 37.97","heading":"Notification of spirometry results.","body":"(a) Findings must be communicated to the miner or, if requested by the miner, to the miner's designated physician. The health care professional at the NIOSH-approved facility must inform the miner if the spirometry shows abnormal results or if the respiratory assessment suggests he or she may benefit from the medical follow-up or a smoking cessation intervention.\n(b) NIOSH will notify the miner of his or her spirometry test results, a comparison between current and previously submitted spirometry tests (if available), and will advise the miner to contact a health care professional as appropriate based on the results.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL CARE AND EXAMINATIONS","PART 37—SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF COAL MINERS","Subpart—Spirometry Testing"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"f28a86e3df722735e472e6244314072a3c4b1e3b5136c76cc026dd845b08aa67","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-37.96","next":"us/42-cfr-37.98"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}