The legislation prohibited physicians from referring patients to the doctors' own scanning devices.
The restrictions prohibit reporters from referring without official authorization to the movements and actions of security forces and from reporting statements deemed to be subversive.
Other measures imposed when the emergency was declared June 12 include restrictions that prohibit reporters from referring wthout official authorizationon to some activities by security forces and from reporting statements deemed subversive.
The negotiators said they had tentatively resolved another thorny issue, a proposal that would prohibit doctors from referring Medicare patients to new specialty hospitals in which the doctors have financial interests.
A senior US embassy official testified before Congress that the Prime Minister's office had issued "secret orders" to the Integrity Commission, prohibiting it from referring cases to the courts involving "former or current high-ranking Iraqi government officials, including the Prime Minister.
Together, the current -Stark" laws prohibit physicians from referring Medicare patients to entities for certain -designated health services" if the physician, or an immediate family member of the physician, has a financial relationship with the entity.
A series of laws known as "Stark Laws" (named for the law's primary sponsor, United States Congressman Pete Stark) generally prohibit physicians from referring patients covered by Medicare (a universal public insurance program for persons age 65 or older) for certain "designated health services" if the referring physician or his/her family has a financial relationship with the service provider.
In March, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, introduced a bill that would prohibit the city from referring rental assistance clients to properties with a history of serious building code violations.
Mr. Stark is responsible for an anti-kickback law, known as the Stark law, which prohibits a physician from referring a Medicare or Medicaid patient to medical centers in which the doctor has a financial stake.
Stark II prohibits a physician from referring Medicaid and Medicare patients to a company with total stockholders' equity under $75 million if the doctor owns shares in that company.
