Arizona Laws 36-472. Rebates, fee-splitting and solicitation of referrals prohibited
A. The owner or director of a laboratory shall not personally or through an agent, solicit the referral of specimens to his or any other laboratory in a manner which offers or implies an offer of rebates to persons submitting specimens or other fee-splitting inducements or participate in any fee-splitting arrangement. This applies to contents of fee schedules, billing methods or personal solicitation. The contractual provision of laboratory services for a fixed fee independent of the number of specimens submitted for such services is declared to be a violation of this section.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-472
- Director: means the director of the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-451
- laboratory: means any facility, agency, institution, medical office, health care institution, building, or place which provides through its ownership or operation facilities for the microbiological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, cytologic, histologic, radiobioassay, cytogenetic, histocompatibility, pathological, toxicological or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a disease or an impairment or the assessment of human health conditions or to determine the presence, absence or concentration of various substances in the body. See Arizona Laws 36-451
B. The bill to the patient shall specify the actual charge by the reference laboratory together with the reasonable specimen collection charge by the referring laboratory or physician.