Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part III - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL
Chapter 1243 - OUTPATIENT LABORATORY SERVICES
Section 1243.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

CLIA-The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (42 U.S.C.A. § 263a.

Laboratory-A facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohema-tological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings. These examinations also include procedures to determine, measure or otherwise describe the presence or absence of various substances or organisms in the body. Facilities only collecting or preparing specimens, or both, or only serving as a mailing service and not performing testing are not considered laboratories.

Panel test-A series of diagnostically related laboratory tests ordered by a practitioner to confirm a presumptive diagnosis.

The provisions of this section are amended under sections 201(2), 403 and 443.3 of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§ 201(2), 403 and 443.3).