{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-210","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 44-210","heading":"Cytology screening.","body":"The Mayor shall adopt rules pursuant to § 44-213 that:\n\n(1)\nLimit the number of slides a cytotechnologist may examine to no more than 100 in a 24-hour period, irrespective of the site or clinical laboratory;\n\n(2)\nProhibit cytotechnologists from examining slides at any building not owned or used by a licensed clinical laboratory;\n\n(3)\nRequire clinical laboratories to rescreen no less than 10% of all negative pap smears, and require that pap smear rescreening be performed by a supervisory level cytotechnologist;\n\n(4)\nRequire clinical laboratories rescreen all negative noncervical smears, and require that noncervical smear rescreening be performed by a supervisory level pathologist;\n\n(5)\nRequire clinical laboratories to reject improperly prepared smear specimens, make appropriate comments regarding the quality of the specimen, and maintain records on improperly prepared specimens for 5 years subject to review by the Mayor;\n\n(6)\nRequire clinical laboratories to maintain and store for 5 years from the date of examination any smear slide that was examined for disease or disease agents; and\n\n(7)\nRequire all smear specimen reports to be retained for at least 10 years.","path":["Title 44. Charitable and Curative Institutions.","Chapter 2. Clinical Laboratories."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/44-210","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"7551fa03ac6c5883b906456f86ab1df74407147146245abd54ecff1701448d06","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-209","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}