PDFWAC 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 246-101-011(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.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 70.28.032, and 70.24.130. WSR 21-11-040 and 22-01-175, § 246-101-215, filed 5/12/21 and 12/17/21, effective 1/1/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. WSR 11-02-065, § 246-101-215, filed 1/4/11, effective 2/4/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050, 70.24.125 and 70.28.010. WSR 00-23-120, § 246-101-215, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]