---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1283"
title: "42"
number: "493.1283"
heading: "Standard: Test records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1283"
---

# §493.1283. Standard: Test records.

- (a) The laboratory must maintain an information or record system that includes the following:
  - (1) **The positive identification of the specimen.**
  - (2) **The date and time of specimen receipt into the laboratory.**
  - (3) The condition and disposition of specimens that do not meet the laboratory's criteria for specimen acceptability.
  - (4) The records and dates of all specimen testing, including the identity of the personnel who performed the test(s).
- (b) Records of patient testing including, if applicable, instrument printouts, must be retained.

## 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.