Rhode Island § 23-10-7 § 23-10-7. Laboratory culture for tuberculosis.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 23-10-7 — § 23-10-7. Laboratory culture for tuberculosis.

Rhode Island § 23-10-7

Title 23Health and Safety

Ch. 23-10Tuberculosis

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-10-7 (2026).

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§ 23-10-7. Laboratory culture for tuberculosis.
All biological samples or specimens taken from Rhode Island residents for the purpose
            of performing laboratory culture for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or
            for determining antibiotic sensitivities of cases of tuberculosis, by or under the
            direction or order of any physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, shall
            be sent to the Rhode Island department of health laboratory for analysis. Those biological
            samples or specimens may be split at the time of procurement to permit one portion
            of the sample or specimen to be sent to the department of health laboratory for analysis
        

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§ 23-10-7. Laboratory culture for tuberculosis.

All biological samples or specimens taken from Rhode Island residents for the purpose of performing laboratory culture for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) or for determining antibiotic sensitivities of cases of tuberculosis, by or under the direction or order of any physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, shall be sent to the Rhode Island department of health laboratory for analysis. Those biological samples or specimens may be split at the time of procurement to permit one portion of the sample or specimen to be sent to the department of health laboratory for analysis and the other portion to be analyzed at another appropriately credentialed laboratory. In the case of split samples or specimens, third party payers shall pay both the department of health laboratory and the appropriately credentialed laboratory for analyzing those samples or specimens. The department of health shall waive the requirement for samples or specimens to be sent to the department of health laboratory and shall establish a written memorandum of agreement with any appropriately credentialed laboratory which can meet or exceed the most current laboratory standard of practice for tuberculosis testing, including maximum turnaround time.