3701-49-01.1 Fees for laboratory services (variable fees).

(A) Unless exempted under paragraph (B) or (C) of rule 3701-49-01 of the Administrative Code, the director of health shall charge and collect a fee for each parameter or group of parameters in the bacteriological, chemical, or radiological analyses of environmental samples or the toxicological analysis of body fluid as set forth in this rule.

(1) Non-potable water samples

 

 

 

(a)

 

	

Radioactivity COST

Gross alpha $ 35.00

Gross alpha and beta 35.00

Uranium 100.00

Iodine 131 100.00

Strontium 90 100.00

Tritium 30.00

Computerized multichannel analyzer (CMA) (72 elements) 40.00 /hour

Gross alpha and beta (milk, soil, sediment, vegetation, etc.) 85.00

Gamma scan (water) 75.00

Gamma scan (milk) 45.00

Gamma scan (soil, sediment, vegetation, etc.) 95.00

Radium 226 150.00

Radium 228 150.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Hereditary/metabolic diseases

 

	

Newborn screen $28.85 **

Hemoglobin pattern 10.00

**This fee is in addition to the fee collected pursuant to rule 3701-55-20 of the Administrative Code.

 

(3) Microbiology testing

(a) General bacteriology unit

 

	

Identification/confirmation $ 30.00 *

Stool-positive 15.00

Stool-negative 12.00

Food screen 50.00

Sero group-salmonella/shigella (and type) 10.00

Sero group/type salmonella 25.00 *

Sero group/hemophilis 20.00 *

Sero group/meningitis 20.00 *

Sero group/lancefield 20.00 *

FA bordetella 12.00

B. pertussis culture 20.00

Phage type 25.00 *

Beta hemolytic streptococci 15.00

(b) Virus isolation unit

 

	

Rabies examination $ 30.00

Stool culture-virus isolation 25.00

Swab-virus isolation 20.00

Virocult FA virus isolation (herpes) 20.00

Biopsy-virus isolation 30.00

Spinal fluid-virus isolation 25.00

Urine-virus isolation 25.00

Viral isolate-confirm/identification 40.00 *

Chlamydia 10.00

HIV EIA 6.75

HIV Western Blot 32.50

Orasure HIV EIA 5.25

Orasure HIV Western Blot 38.00

(c) Special microbiology unit

 

	

GC cultures $ 11.02

GC smears 5.00

Botulism 40.00

Legionnaires-cultures 30.00 *

Legionnaires-FA 15.00

Mycoplasma 20.00

Ureaplasma 25.00

Campylobacter/yersinia 20.00

Stool-positive 15.00

Stool-negative 12.00

(d) Mycology/parasitology unit

 

	

Smear-parasitology $ 10.00

Stool-parasitology 15.00

Pinworm 7.50

Mycelial identification-mycology 30.00 *

Yeast identification-mycology 30.00 *

Nocardia 30.00 *

Streptomyces 30.00 *

Sputum-mycology 25.00

Blood-mycology 20.00

Spinal fluid-mycology 20.00

Biopsy-mycology 30.00

Skin-mycology 20.00

Nails (whole)-mycology 20.00

Nails (micronized)-mycology 20.00

Hair-mycology 20.00

Environmental samples (added to identification charge) 25.00 /hour

(e) Serology unit

 

	

Cryptococcus $ 30.00

Coccidiomycosis 30.00

Histo/blastomycosis 30.00

Histoplasmosis 30.00

Blastomycosis 30.00

Aspergillosis 30.00

Legionella 20.00

Respiratory battery 100.00

Para-influenza 1, 2, and 3 25.00

Adenovirus 20.00

Respiratory syncytial 20.00

M. pneumoniae $ 20.00

Mumps 15.00

Rubeola 15.00

Varicella 15.00

Torch battery 45.00

Toxoplasmosis 15.00

Animal toxoplasmosis-IHA 15.00

Rubella 15.00

Cytomegalovirus 15.00

Herpes simplex 15.00

Rocky mountain spotted fever 30.00

Murine typhus 30.00

Lyme disease 30.00

Q fever 30.00

VDRL 8.50

FTA 13.25

Chlamydia 13.25

Gonorrhea 11.02

 

 

 

(f) Mycobacteriology

 

	

Clinical material-mycobacteriology $ 20.00

Smear-mycobacteriology 7.50

ID-mycobacteriology 27.50 *

Drug sensitivity (mycobac.) 20.00

  • exempt for pure cultures
 

(B) In cases when it is necessary or desirable for the department of health laboratory to perform a test that falls within one of the general categories specified in paragraph (A)(1), (A)(2), or (A)(3) of this rule, but for which no fee has been established by this rule, the director of health may establish and charge a reasonable fee for the test. A fee established under this paragraph shall remain in effect for no longer than one hundred eighty days or until a fee is established by rule of the public health council, whichever occurs first.

Effective: 03/28/2011

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 12/16/2010 and 01/06/2016

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3701.221

Rule Amplifies: 3701.22

Prior Effective Dates: 10/1/1982, 8/1/85, 8/8/91 (Emer.), 10/4/91, 11/13/92, 7/12/93, 1/26/02, 11/15/04, 8/30/06