22 M.R.S. §2030: Requested

1. Request from authorized person. Except as otherwise provided, a medical laboratory shall examine specimens only at the request of a licensed physician or other person authorized by law to use the findings of laboratory examinations.

2. Exceptions. Notwithstanding this section, a medical laboratory may examine specimens without a physician referral for a limited number of laboratory services to be determined by rules adopted by the department. Those services include testing for:

A. Glucose for patients who have been previously diagnosed as having diabetes;

B. Pregnancy;

C. Colon cancer; and

D. Cholesterol.

3. Testing without referral. This section does not require any medical laboratory to perform laboratory services without a physician referral.