By law, the FDA is given a lot of discretion in cases of serious and life-threatening diseases with no available treatment.
In letters sent late Wednesday to several Democratic lawmakers, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she was clarifying guidelines that enforcement officers had used when applying a policy of prosecutorial discretion in cases of illegal immigrants with no criminal convictions.
The mechanism in question shifts the possibility of acceptance earlier in the process (at the stage of charging) through guidelines for the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in cases of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Lipase levels were not measured routinely in our study population, but rather at the treating physician's discretion (certainly in cases of suspected acute pancreatitis).
Routine post-treatment follow-up was every 1 3 months at the discretion of the investigator in case of lack of any symptoms or signs suggesting progressive disease.
Use of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was not allowed on a routine basis, but could be used at the discretion of the investigator in case of myelotoxicity.
The trial may be temporarily stopped for an individual patient, at the discretion of the attending physician, in case of major serious adverse events suspected to be associated with the type of laryngoscope used.
Judges were given no discretion in the case of adults, even though it was clear that a lesser sentence may sufficiently protect the public.
The chairman of the Commons home affairs select committee, Keith Vaz, voiced the hope that May would now exercise similar discretion in the case of O'Dwyer and argued she should retain the power.
Further treatments were made at the investigators' discretion in the case of discontinued participation in the study.
