Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
Division 25 - Missouri State Public Health Laboratory
Chapter 38 - Laboratory Fees
Section 19 CSR 25-38.020 - Laboratory Fee for Tuberculosis Testing

Universal Citation: 19 MO Code of State Regs 25-38.020

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule establishes a fee for testing specimens for tuberculosis that are submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory.

(1) A fee of forty-eight dollars ($48) shall be charged for each clinical specimen submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory for tuberculosis testing. Clinical specimens include raw sputum samples, gastric lavage samples, urine specimens or pleural, spinal, and joint fluids, other exudates or tissue samples.

(2) The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) may waive the fee for testing clinical specimens that are submitted from local public health departments or when the director of DHSS determines the specimens are of critical importance for the protection of the public health and safety.

*Original authority: 701.322, RSMo 1993, amended 2001.

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