1. (a) The department will pay for laboratory services provided by a physician in the physician's own laboratory if the physician holds a CMS Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certificate of waiver under 42 C.F.R. 493.35 - 493.37 or a registration certificate under 42 C.F.R. 493.43 - 493.45.
2. (b) A physician using the services of an independent laboratory must request services for a recipient in the same manner that services are requested for a private patient.
3. (c) An independent laboratory enrolled in accordance with 7 AAC 105.210 may submit a claim directly to the department.

(Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193)

Authority: AS 47.05.010, AS 47.07.030, AS 47.07.040