Title 7 . Health and Social Services

Chapter 80 . Electronic and Other Records Containing Behavioral Health Information

Section 35. Fee for laboratory services

7 AAC 80.035. Fee for laboratory services

The fee for a laboratory service provided by a department laboratory for

(1) clinical testing is 50 percent of the lowest charge estimate determined under the Medicare fee methodology in 42 C.F.R. 405.515, revised as of October 1997 and adopted by reference in this paragraph; and

(2) water bacteriology is

(A) $15 for a test of non-potable water by means of the most-potable-number (MPN), total coliform, and fecal coliform methods;

(B) $10 for a test of potable water by means of the fermentation technique and assayed for total and fecal coliforms;

(C) $100 for a test of laboratory pure water as determined by the water suitability testing methods found in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 18th Edition, 1992, adopted by reference in this subparagraph; and

(3) confirmation of mechanical sterilization is $2 for incubation or interpretation of spore test, or for both.

History: Eff. 8/19/98, Register 147

Authority: AS 18.05.040

AS 44.29.020

AS 44.29.022

Editor's note: Before Register 147, October 1998, the substance of 7 AAC 80.035 appeared as 7 AAC 80.010(j) . The history of 7 AAC 80.035 under its former number is not reflected in the history note for 7 AAC 80.035.

A copy of the Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater referred to in 7 AAC 80.035 may be obtained from the American Public Health Association, Publication Sales, Department 5037, Washington, DC 20061-5037; phone (202) 789-5636.