Md. Code Regs. 10.10.13.18

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 25, December 13, 2024

Section 10.10.13.18 - Testing - Second-Tier and Supplemental

A. When a test request is made by an individual authorized to request a laboratory test, as set out in COMAR 10.10.06.02B:

(1) A permittee other than the Department's public health laboratory may perform a second-tier or supplemental test; and

(2) The Department's public health laboratory may perform a second-tier test.

B. A permittee:

(1) May not contract out, subcontract, or otherwise transfer supplemental or second-tier testing to another laboratory that does not hold a Maryland permit in the discipline of diagnostic and supplemental testing for hereditary and congenital disorders in newborns;

(2) Shall complete a second-tier or supplemental test on a blood-spot specimen within 3 working days after the blood-spot specimen arrives at the laboratory; and

(3) Shall report the results of a second-tier or supplemental screening test as required in Regulations .23 and .24 of this chapter.

Md. Code Regs. 10.10.13.18

Regulations .18 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2009 (36:2 Md. R. 97); adopted permanently effective March 23, 2009 (36:6 Md. R. 490); amended effective 44:8 Md. R. 404, eff. 4/24/2017