Wash. Admin. Code § 246-101-215

Current through Register Vol. 24-12, June 15, 2024

Section 246-101-215 - Content of documentation accompanying specimen submission-Laboratory directors

A laboratory director shall provide the following information with each specimen submitted under this chapter to the Washington state public health laboratories:

(1) Patient's first and last name;

(2) Patient's physical address including zip code;

(3) Patient's date of birth;

(4) Patient's sex;

(5) Patient's ethnicity, as required in WAC 246-101011(4);

(6) Patient's race, as required in WAC 246-101-011(5);

(7) Patient's preferred language, as required in WAC 246-101-011(6);

(8) For hepatitis B virus, pregnancy status (pregnant, not pregnant, or unknown) of patients twelve to fifty years of age;

(9) Patient's best contact telephone number;

(10) Requesting health care provider's name;

(11) Requesting health care provider's phone number;

(12) Address where patient received care;

(13) Name of submitting laboratory;

(14) Telephone number of submitting laboratory;

(15) Specimen type;

(16) Specimen collection date;

(17) Date laboratory received specimen;

(18) Test method used; and

(19) Test result.

Wash. Admin. Code § 246-101-215

Amended by WSR 21-11-040, Filed 5/12/2021, effective 1/31/2022