§2030. Requested
1.
Request from authorized person.
Except as otherwise provided, a medical laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of a licensed physician or other person authorized by law to use the findings of laboratory examinations.
[PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).]
2.
Exceptions.
Notwithstanding this section, a medical laboratory may examine specimens without a physician referral for a limited number of laboratory services to be determined by rules adopted by the department. Those services include testing for:
A.
Glucose for patients who have been previously diagnosed as having diabetes;
[PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).]
B.
Pregnancy;
[PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).]
C.
Colon cancer; and
[PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).]
D.
Cholesterol.
[PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. B, §15 (AMD).]
3.
Testing without referral.
This section does not require any medical laboratory to perform laboratory services without a physician referral.
[PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 380 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 218 (RPR). PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (RPR). PL 1993, c. 600, §B15 (AMD).