State advocacy.

摘要

The specialty of radiology has become more complex from scienttfic, technological, and socioeconomic aspects. These aspects engender legislative and regulatory challenges and opportunities, which are necessary to marshal the responsible application of these complexities to the care of our patients. National legislative and regulatory initiatives related to our specialty are ongoing under the general direction of the American College of Radiology (ACR), overseen by its Government Relations Commission. This is a difficult task, as federal legislation is frequently more difficult to pass man are state laws. Some potential reasons for this include, among others, intricacies of the political process, difficulty in reaching consensus, and high visibility.