Rule 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 will charge and collect a fee for each parameter or group of parameters in the microbiological, chemical, or radiological analyses of environmental and human samples or the toxicological analysis of body fluid as set forth in this rule.
(1) Radiological testing of environmental samples
| Radioactivity | COST |
| Gross alpha (non-potablewater) | $35.00 |
| Gross alpha and beta smears (decommissioning projects,etc.) | 35.00 |
| Gross alpha (air filter) | 100.00 |
| Gross alpha (soil) | 100.00 |
| Gross beta (non-potable water) | 100.00 |
| Tritium (liquid scintillation counting) | 30.00 |
| Gross alpha and beta (milk, soil, sediment, vegetation, etc.) | 85.00 |
| Gamma scan (non-potable water, charcoal cartridge,airfilters) | 75.00 |
| Gamma scan (milk) | 45.00 |
| Gamma scan (soil, sediment, vegetation, fish, meat [boneless samples, not whole animals]) | 95.00 |
| Radium 226 and Radium 228 (Gamma scan following twenty-one day incubation period) | 150.00 |
(2) Genetic, endocrine and metabolic screening of newborn infants
| Newborn screen | $63.46 ** |
**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-Shigella | 10.00 |
| Sero-group- Salmonella | 25.00* |
| Sero-group-Haemophilus | 20.00* |
| Sero-group- Neisseriameningitis | 20.00* |
(b) Virus isolation unit
| Rabies examination | $ 30.00 |
| HIV EIA | 6.75 |
| HIV WesternBlot | 32.50 |
(c) Special microbiology unit
| Botulism | $ 40.00 |
| Legionnaires-cultures | 30.00* |
| Campylobacter | 20.00 |
| Yersinia | 20.00 |
(d) Mycology/parasitology unit
| DFA for Giardia and Cryptosporidium | $10.00 |
| Stool-parasitology | 15.00 |
(e) Mycobacteriology
| Clinicalmaterial-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 will remain in effect for no longer than one hundred eighty days or until a fee is established by rule of the director, whichever occurs first.
Last updated August 16, 2023 at 2:31 PM
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