Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 180.000 - The Operation, Approval And Licensing Of Clinical Laboratories
Section 180.280 - Standard - Examinations and Reports

Universal Citation: 105 MA Code of Regs 105.180

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

The laboratory shall examine specimens only at the written request of a licensed physician, dentist, osteopath, chiropractor, nurse practitioner, physician's assistant, or other person authorized by M.G. L. c. 112 to use the report of laboratory examinations. Reports shall be delivered only to those authorized by law to receive such results unless such examination was made for the sole purpose of accuracy or sufficiency of the procedures or equipment of a clinical laboratory and by instruction of the director of such laboratory.

(A) If a patient is sent to the laboratory, a written request for the desired laboratory procedures shall be obtained by the laboratory from a person authorized by law to use findings of laboratory examinations .

(B) A specimen delivered to a laboratory shall be accompanied by a written request.

(C) A laboratory receiving reference specimens from another laboratory shall report back to the referring laboratory which submitted the specimens.

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