STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL
RE: Amendment of the Commission’s Rules to Provide Spectrum for the Operation of 
Medical Body Area Networks, ET Docket No. 08-59, Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 
I am delighted to vote to approve this notice of proposed rulemaking, the request 
for which was originally filed with the Commission in 2007.  I thank Acting Chairman 
Copps for bringing this cutting edge proposal forward and giving it the attention it 
deserves.  Our action today takes another step to improve the safety, efficiency and 
quality of care provided to millions of American hospital patients.  I look forward to 
engaging with all interested parties to ensure that we complete our work in this 
proceeding as quickly as possible.  Our fellow Americans living with chronic health 
conditions deserve no less.