WAC 246-101-210. Means of specimen submission — Laboratory directors and laboratories

(1) A laboratory director shall submit specimens as required in Table Lab-1 of WAC 246-101-201 in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. (2) For test results notifiable to local health jurisdictions, the local health officer may temporarily waive specimen submission requirements and notify laboratories, including the Washington state public health laboratories, of the basis for the waiver, which requirements are being waived and how long the waiver will be in effect. (3) A laboratory shall forward required specimens to: Washington State Public Health Laboratories Washington State Department of Health 1610 N.E. 150th Street Shoreline, WA 98155 (4) The state health officer may designate additional laboratories as public health reference laboratories.