---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1234"
title: "42"
number: "493.1234"
heading: "Standard: Communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1234"
---

# §493.1234. Standard: Communications.


The laboratory must have a system in place to identify and document problems that occur as a result of a breakdown in communication between the laboratory and an authorized person who orders or receives test results.


## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 3703, Jan. 24, 2003; 68 FR 50724, Aug. 22, 2003]

### 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.

### Amendments

[68 FR 3703, Jan. 24, 2003; 68 FR 50724, Aug. 22, 2003]