2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-472.01 Billing for laboratory costs; definition
36-472.01. Billing for laboratory costs; definition
A. A laboratory that provides anatomic pathology services shall not submit a bill to any person or entity other than the following:
1. The patient.
2. The responsible insurer or other third party payor.
3. The health care institution.
4. A referring laboratory, excluding the laboratory of the health professional who ordered the test.
5. A governmental agency or the agency's public or private agent, agency or organization that is acting on behalf of the recipient of the services.
B. For the purposes of this section, " anatomic pathology services" includes cytology services, molecular pathology services, hematopathology, histopathology, surgical pathology, and blood banking services performed by a pathologist. Anatomic pathology services does not include the collection, packaging and transportation of the specimen.
