(a) The Under Secretary for Health shall develop a national policy for the Veterans Health Administration on mammography screening for veterans.
(b) The policy developed under subsection (a) shall—
(1) specify standards of mammography screening;
(2) provide recommendations with respect to screening, and the frequency of screening, for—
(A) women veterans who are over the age of 39; and
(B) veterans, without regard to age, who have clinical symptoms, risk factors, or family history of breast cancer; and
(3) provide for clinician discretion.
(Added Pub. L. 105–114, title II, §208(a)(1), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2289.)
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