Diagnostic Services
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, § 3 St. 2011, c. 87 as amended by St. 2012, c. 239, § 21Department of Public Health
- (A) A Program shall comply with 105 CMR 180.000: The Operation, Approval and Licensing of Clinical Laboratories and 42 CFR Part 493.
- (B) A Program may not perform clinical laboratory tests for participants except waived urine tests, glucose testing, and PT/INR tests, as ordered by a primary care provider. A Program may not perform tuberculin skin tests except as ordered by a primary care provider.
- (C) A Program may not perform any diagnostic service unless it is ordered by a participant's primary care provider.
- (D) A Program shall record all findings, reports, and results of any diagnostic test in the participant's health record and shall report results to the participant's primary care provider as appropriate.