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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61370</law_id><section_number>54.1-2962.01</section_number><catch_line>Anatomic pathology services; fees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="29">Medicine and Other Healing Arts</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="6">General Standards of Practice</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No practitioner licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall charge a fee for anatomic pathology services that is greater than the amount billed to the practitioner for the actual performance of such anatomic pathology services when such services are (i) performed by a person other than the practitioner or (ii) performed by a person not under the supervision of the practitioner. <a id="paragraph-224183" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2962.01/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A practitioner may charge a fee for specimen collection and transportation, provided the fee conforms to the current procedural terminology codes for procedures and services of the American Medical Association and the patient is made aware of the fee in writing prior to collection. For the purposes of this section, &#x201C;anatomic pathology services&#x201D; include the gross or microscopic examination and histological processing of human organ tissue; the examination of human cells from fluids, aspirates, washings, brushings, or smears; or other subcellular or molecular pathology services. <a id="paragraph-224184" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-2962.01/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2014, c. 81.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
