Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, § 2030: Requested, 1967

1. Request from authorized person. Except as otherwise provided, a medical laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of a licensed physician or other person authorized by law to use the findings of laboratory examinations. [PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).] 2. Exceptions. Notwithstanding this section, a medical laboratory may examine specimens without a physician referral for a limited number of laboratory services to be determined by rules adopted by the department. Those services include testing for: A. Glucose for patients who have been previously diagnosed as having diabetes; [PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).] B. Pregnancy; [PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).] C. Colon cancer; and [PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).] D. Cholesterol. [PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).] [PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. B, §15 (AMD).] 3. Testing without referral. This section does not require any medical laboratory to perform laboratory services without a physician referral. [PL 1989, c. 665, §2 (NEW).]