{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-493.1232","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 493.1232","heading":"Standard: Specimen identification and integrity.","body":"The laboratory must establish and follow written policies and procedures that ensure positive identification and optimum integrity of a patient's specimen from the time of collection or receipt of the specimen through completion of testing and reporting of results.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER G—STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION","PART 493—LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS","Subpart K—Quality System for Nonwaived Testing"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"abb715c5af89e70ea28e46af316faada3276d630410ae18257c1878c4b4c8536","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-493.1231","next":"us/42-cfr-493.1233"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}