North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter B - LICENSING OF HOSPITALS
Section .4900 - LABORATORY SERVICES AND PATHOLOGY
Section 13B .4905 - TISSUE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 13B .4905

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The medical staff shall establish and maintain written policies for pathological examination of tissue and specimens removed during surgery.

(b) Pathological waste disposal shall comply with the rules Governing the Sanitation of Hospitals, Nursing and Rest Homes, Sanitariums, Sanatoriums, and Educational and Other Institutions, contained in 15A NCAC 18A.1300. Copies of 15A NCAC 18A.1300 may be obtained at no charge from the Environmental Health Section, Division of Public Health, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, 1632 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1632.

Authority G.S. 131E-79;
Eff. January 1, 1996;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 22, 2017;
Amended Eff. October 1, 2019.

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