Hospital, Medical Groups Ask OSHA To Deny Petition To Limit Resident Hours

Key hospital and doctors’ lobbies are calling on OSHA chief David Michaels to turn down a request from three petitioner groups to take strong regulatory action limiting the hours of resident physicians, with no word yet on how the agency plans to respond. The American Hospital Association (AHA) sent a letter to OSHA echoing concerns raised by the American Medical Association to the petition. Public Citizen, the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare, and the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) earlier this year asked that OSHA establish and enforce resident physician duty h