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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.09.09.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="09" heading="Covered Services.">
  <text>The Program covers the following services:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Medically necessary laboratory services, when the services are:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Rendered to participants in a physician's office, hospital, freestanding clinic, or medical laboratory;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provided according to the laws and regulations of the state and locality in which they are rendered;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Rendered pursuant to a properly completed order or standing order;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Adequately documented in the provider’s files;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Clinical and diagnostic services for which certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under CLIA exists, if required; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ordered by an individual who is enrolled as a provider in the Program with an active status on the date of service;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>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</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Collection of specimens by venipuncture, capillary puncture, or arterial puncture.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>