37.12.401    LABORATORY FEES FOR ANALYSES

(1) Fees for clinical and environmental analyses performed by the laboratory of the department are set to reflect the actual costs of the tests and services provided.

(2) The department will maintain a list of all tests available from the lab and the price of each test. The department adopts and incorporates by reference the Public Health Laboratory Testing Fee�Schedule and the Environmental Laboratory Testing Fee Schedule�effective�December 1, 2023, which�are available on the web site of the Department of Public Health and Human Services at https://dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/LaboratoryServices/index, and by mail upon request to the lab at the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Public Health and Safety Division, P.O. Box 6489, Helena, MT 59604-6489.

(3) The fee for a specific lab test will be lowered by the department to a level not exceeding the cost to the department of the test in question whenever a change of analysis method warrants lower fees.

(4) Fees for analyses other than those listed will be established at the level of comparable analyses.

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History: 50-1-202, MCA; IMP, 50-1-202, MCA; NEW, 1997 MAR p. 1041, Eff. 6/24/97; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 671, Eff. 3/13/98; AMD, 1999 MAR p. 1229, Eff. 6/4/99; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1663, Eff. 6/30/00; TRANS, from DHES, 2001 MAR p. 2246; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2442, Eff. 10/31/03; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2551, Eff. 11/14/03; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2043, Eff. 8/25/06; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 973, Eff. 7/6/07; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 1486, Eff. 7/18/08; AMD, 2010 MAR p. 1207, Eff. 5/14/10; AMD, MAR p. 228, Eff. 1/31/14; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 828, Eff. 7/1/15; AMD, 2018 MAR p. 649, Eff. 4/1/18; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 184, Eff. 3/1/21; AMD, 2023 MAR p. 1889, Eff. 1/1/24.