---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1365"
title: "42"
number: "493.1365"
heading: "Standard; PPM testing personnel responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1365"
---

# §493.1365. Standard; PPM testing personnel responsibilities.


The testing personnel are responsible for specimen processing, test performance, and for reporting test results. Any PPM procedure must be—

- (a) **Personally performed by one of the following practitioners—**
  - (1) A physician during the patient's visit on a specimen obtained from his or her own patient or from a patient of a group medical practice of which the physician is a member or employee.
  - (2) A midlevel practitioner, under the supervision of a physician or in independent practice if authorized by the State in which the laboratory is located, during the patient's visit on a specimen obtained from his or her own patient or from the patient of a clinic, group medical practice, or other health care provider, in which the midlevel practitioner is a member or an employee.
  - (3) A dentist during the patient's visit on a specimen obtained from his or her own patient or from a patient of a group dental practice of which the dentist is a member or an employee; and
- (b) **Performed using a microscope limited to a brightfield or a phase/contrast microscope.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 60 FR 20049, Apr. 24, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 7172, Feb. 28, 1992, 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.