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.]

PDFWAC 246-101-215

Content of documentation accompanying specimen submission—Laboratory directors.