---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1232"
title: "42"
number: "493.1232"
heading: "Standard: Specimen identification and integrity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1232"
---

# §493.1232. Standard: Specimen identification and integrity.


The laboratory must establish and follow written policies and procedures that ensure positive identification and optimum integrity of a patient's specimen from the time of collection or receipt of the specimen through completion of testing and reporting of results.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 68 FR 3703, Jan. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a, 1302, 1395x(e), 1395x(s)(3) and (s)(17).

### Source

Source: 55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.