Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 481 - Inspections and Appeals Department
Inspections Division
Chapter 51 - Hospitals
Rule 481-51.14 - Laboratory Service
Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 481-51.14
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
(1) The hospital must maintain, or have available, adequate laboratory and pathology services and facilities to meet the needs of its patients. The medical staff determine which laboratory tests are necessary to be performed on site to meet the needs of the patients.
(2) Emergency laboratory services must be available 24 hours a day.
(3) Laboratory services must be performed in a laboratory certified and operating in accordance with 42 CFR Part 493 as amended to November 7, 2023.
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