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1.  Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988. Vol 42 C.F.R. 263a; 1988:PL 100-578.

2.  Laboratory Requirements. 42 C.F.R. 2003;Part 493:Chapter IV.

3.  State of California. Business and Professions Code, Division 2, Chapter 3.

4.  Joint Commission. Laboratory Accreditation Standards. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2007.

5.  College of American Pathologists (CAP). Point-of-Care Testing Checklist. October 31, 2006 2006.

6.  Howerton D, Anderson N, Bosse D, et al. Good laboratory practices for waived testing sites: survey findings from testing sites holding a certificate of waiver under the clinical laboratory improvement amendments of 1988 and recommendations for promoting quality testing. MMWR Recomm Rep. Nov 11 2005;54(RR-13):1-25; quiz CE21-24.

7.  The Associated Press. Overcrowding in emergency rooms common. USA Today April 9, 2002.

8.  Grumbach K, Keane D, Bindman A. Primary care and public emergency department overcrowding. Am J Public Health 1993;83:372-378.

9.  Burt C, McCaig L. Staffing, Capacity, and Ambulance Diversion in Emergency Departments:  United States, 2003-04. Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics (from the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC). September 27 2006;376.

10.  Campbell S. The McMillan Stabilization Center:  Update on a successful public/private partnership. Available at: www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/firecomm/Meetings/supporting/2004/McMillanPresentation.pdf. Last accessed October 2, 2007.