# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 09 — Medical Care Programs

### Chapter 09 — Medical Laboratories

#### Regulation .04 Covered Services.

*COMAR 10.09.09.04*

The Program covers the following services:

A. Medically necessary laboratory services, when the services are:

  (1) Rendered to participants in a physician's office, hospital, freestanding clinic, or medical laboratory;

  (2) Provided according to the laws and regulations of the state and locality in which they are rendered;

  (3) Rendered pursuant to a properly completed order or standing order;

  (4) Adequately documented in the provider’s files;

  (5) Clinical and diagnostic services for which certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under CLIA exists, if required; and

  (6) Ordered by an individual who is enrolled as a provider in the Program with an active status on the date of service;

B. Transportation of specimens by medical laboratories when special handling is required by medical necessity when documentation is supplied to the provider by the authorized ordering practitioner; and

C. Collection of specimens by venipuncture, capillary puncture, or arterial puncture.