42 CFR § 493.41 - Condition: Reporting of SARS-CoV-2 test results.

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title: "42 CFR § 493.41 - Condition: Reporting of SARS-CoV-2 test results."
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# 493.41 Condition: Reporting of SARS-CoV-2 test results.

During the Public Health Emergency, as defined in § 400.200 of this chapter, each laboratory that performs a test that is intended to detect SARS-CoV-2 or to diagnose a possible case of COVID-19 (hereinafter referred to as a “SARS-CoV-2 test”) must report SARS-CoV-2 test results to the Secretary in such form and manner, and at such timing and frequency, as the Secretary may prescribe.

[85 FR 54873, Sept. 2, 2020]