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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 15-969

NOTICES

Laboratories Approved to Determine Blood Alcohol Content under The Clinical Laboratory Act, the Vehicle Code, the Fish and Boat Code and the Game and Wildlife Code; Corrective Update to 2014 Notice

[45 Pa.B. 2559]
[Saturday, May 23, 2015]

 The Department of Health (Department) approves laboratories to perform alcohol analyses of blood, serum or plasma under The Clinical Laboratory Act (35 P. S. §§ 2151—2165) and 28 Pa. Code §§ 5.50 and 5.103 (relating to approval to provide special analytical services; and blood tests for blood alcohol content). Approval is based on demonstrated proficiency by the laboratories in periodic tests conducted by the Department's Bureau of Laboratories. Laboratories also are approved and designated under the provisions of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1547 and 3755 (relating to chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance; and reports by emergency room personnel), the Fish and Boat Code, 30 Pa.C.S. § 5125 (relating to chemical testing to determine amount of alcohol or controlled substance) and the Game and Wildlife Code, 34 Pa.C.S. § 2501 (relating to hunting or furtaking prohibited while under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) as qualified to perform the types of specialized services which will reflect the presence of alcohol in serum, plasma or blood.

 In its notice of laboratories approved to determine blood alcohol content published at 44 Pa.B. 110 (January 4, 2014), the Department inadvertently failed to list the following laboratory that is approved to perform alcohol analyses for serum, plasma and blood:

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY MED EX DIV OF LABS—SB
1520 PENN AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR
PITTSBURGH, PA 15222
(412) 350-4425

 Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) should contact Dr. James R. Lute, Bureau of Laboratories, 100 Pickering Way, Exton, PA 19341-1310, (610) 280-3463. Persons who are speech or hearing impaired may use V/TT (717) 783-6514 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TT).

KAREN M. MURPHY, PhD, RN, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-969. Filed for public inspection May 22, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]


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