Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 13, 2026

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Feb 02, 2026
§ 493.1250 - Condition: Analytic systems.

Each laboratory that performs nonwaived testing must meet the applicable analytic systems requirements in §§ 493.1251 through 493.1283, unless HHS approves a procedure, specified in Appendix C of the State Operations Manual (CMS Pub. 7), that provides equivalent quality testing. The laboratory must monitor and evaluate the overall quality of the analytic systems and correct identified problems as specified in § 493.1289 for each specialty and subspecialty of testing performed.

source: 55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 493.1250