Sec. 402. Consultation
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The Secretary shall consult with Federal agencies, Indian Tribes and urban Indian health organizations, and private entities, such as labor organizations representing health care workers, professional societies, national associations, nationally recognized associations of health care experts, medical schools and academic health centers, consumer groups, patient advocate groups, disability rights organizations, and labor business organizations in the formulation of guidelines, regulations, policy initiatives, and information gathering to ensure the broadest and most informed input in the administration of this Act.
Nothing in this Act shall prevent the Secretary from adopting guidelines, consistent with section 203(c), developed by such a private entity if, in the Secretary’s judgment, such guidelines are generally accepted as reasonable and prudent and consistent with this Act.