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(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