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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.18.02.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="02" heading="Responsibilities of Laboratory Directors.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in Regulations .01C and .02 of this chapter, the director of a medical laboratory shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Submit a report to the health officer for the jurisdiction where the laboratory is located, within 48 hours after an examination of a specimen from a human body shows one of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A result on a test designed to detect in a sample the presence of HIV in accordance with Health-General Article, §18-207(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, including negative results;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A quantitative or qualitative HIV viral load test result, including undetectable;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A CD4+ cell test result, count, or percentage in an individual not known to be HIV negative; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>An HIV genotype sequence test result;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Use the form provided by the Department in making the report required under §A(1) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Include all of the following information in the report required under §A(1) of this regulation:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Name and address of laboratory or assigned laboratory number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Date the specimen was obtained from the patient;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Type and result of laboratory test, that is, HIV detection, HIV viral load, CD4+ cell count or percentage, or HIV genotype sequence;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Name, date of birth, race, ethnicity, and gender of the patient;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Street address, city, state, and zip code of the patient's residence;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Name of the physician authorizing the laboratory examination; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Address and telephone number of the physician authorizing the laboratory examination; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Contact the physician authorizing the laboratory examination to obtain any of the information, as required by §A(3) of this regulation, that is not provided on the laboratory examination order.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A laboratory director may not transmit to the health officer or the Secretary information about a case of HIV or AIDS by facsimile or another electronic method unless directed by the Secretary to submit the information by electronic method.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The laboratory director shall, at the request of the Secretary, make available to the Secretary any remaining clinical material from tested individuals.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>This regulation does not relieve a physician of the duty to report as set forth in Health-General Article, §§18-201.1 and 18-202.1, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>