2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-471 Persons authorized to collect human specimens or blood

AZ Rev Stat § 36-471 (2016) What's This?

36-471. Persons authorized to collect human specimens or blood

A. Only a person authorized by law shall collect human bodily materials. Technical personnel of a laboratory may collect blood, remove stomach contents and collect material for smears and cultures or inject substances under the direction or on the written request of a licensed physician for examination by a licensed laboratory.

B. Paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians or personnel who have written approval of the director may collect blood and collect material for smears and cultures under the direction or on the written request of a licensed physician.

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