Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 60 - Laboratories and Medical Examiner
Subchapter 05 - State Laboratory
Part 4 - Clinical Laboratories and Stations (216-RICR-60-05-4)
Section 216-RICR-60-05-4.2 - Definitions

1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-16.2, entitled, "Laboratories."

2. "Authorized medical personnel" means licensed health professionals working under the auspices of a physician or other licensed health care professional acting within his/her scope of practice.

3. "Clinical laboratory" means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, radiobioassay, 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, pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-16.2-2(2) of the Act.

4. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.

5. "Licensing agency" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.

6. "Limited function test" means those tests listed in the Federal Register under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) as waived tests.

7. "Persons" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association.

8. "Reference laboratory" means a Rhode Island-licensed laboratory to which another Rhode Island laboratory has referred patient samples for testing.

9. "Specialty" means a group of laboratory tests recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

10. "Station" means a facility for the collection, processing, and transmission of such materials for such purposes pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-16.2-2(5) of the Act.