R9-13-206. Reporting Requirements for Specimens

A. The Arizona State Laboratory shall report, in written or electronic format, to the health care provider and, if applicable, health care facility identified on a specimen collection kit: 1. The results of a bloodspot test on a specimen; or 2. For a specimen that does not meet quality standards established by the Arizona State Laboratory in compliance with 42 CFR § 493.1200: a. That a bloodspot test was not performed on the specimen; and b. The reason the bloodspot test was not performed. B. A health care facility’s designee, a health care provider, or the health care provider’s designee, who orders a subsequent test on a newborn or an infant in response to an abnormal result on a bloodspot test, shall send the results of the subsequent test in writing to the Department, if the subsequent test is not performed by the Arizona State Laboratory. C. Bloodspot test results are confidential subject to the disclosure provisions of 9 A.A.C. 1, Article 3, and A.R.S. §§ 12-2801 and 12-2802.