Section 144-258-3 - LABORATORY EXAMINATIONSA. Specimens submitted in order to determine eligibility for release from isolation or quarantine requirements, as well as specimens arranged for by a representative of the Department as part of the investigation of a case or outbreak of a Notifiable Disease or Condition, must be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Department to HETL or another laboratory that meets the appropriate standards for that purpose. In keeping with scientific progress or the needs of specific cases, the Department may specify those methods which are acceptable for the collection, handling, preservation and examination of specimens for the finding and control of cases of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions, on the Laboratory Submission Information Sheet (LSIS) available to the reporting laboratories.B. Laboratories as described in Section 3(A) must report to the Department the result of examination of all such specimens and must forward all specimens to HETL in accordance with Appendix A and this rule.10-144 C.M.R. ch. 258, § 3