BILLING FOR CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES

MCL ch. 445, subtit. Act 358 of 1972

in effect

MCL 445.161 Clinical laboratory work; billing patient or third party in excess of amount billed licensed person.

445.161. Clinical laboratory work; billing patient or third party in excess of amount billed licensed person. Sec. 1. A person licensed to practice medicine by an agency of the department of licensing and regulation, a hospital, agency or any other entity billing patients or third parties for laboratory work, shall not bill a patient for laboratory work performed by a clinical laboratory for any amount in excess of the amount billed by the clinical laboratory to the licensed person for such services. 1972, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973

MCL 445.162 Physicians not to receive fee from laboratory.

445.162. Physicians not to receive fee from laboratory. Sec. 2. A person licensed to practice medicine by an agency of the department of licensing and regulation shall not receive a fee or other remuneration from a clinical laboratory or an intermediary for a clinical laboratory for submitting specimens from patients to a clinical laboratory. 1972, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973

MCL 445.163 Violation; penalty.

445.163. Violation; penalty. Sec. 3. A person who is in violation of section 1 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $500.00 or both. 1972, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973

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