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36-472.01 - Billing for laboratory costs; definition
36-472.01. Billing for laboratory costs; definition
A. A laboratory that provides anatomic pathology services shall not submit a bill to any person or entity other than the following:
1. The patient.
2. The responsible insurer or other third party payor.
3. The health care institution.
4. A referring laboratory, excluding the laboratory of the health professional who ordered the test.
5. A governmental agency or the agency's public or private agent, agency or organization that is acting on behalf of the recipient of the services.
B. For the purposes of this section, "anatomic pathology services" includes cytology services, molecular pathology services, hematopathology, histopathology, surgical pathology, and blood banking services performed by a pathologist. Anatomic pathology services does not include the collection, packaging and transportation of the specimen.