# The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this Schedule “diagnostic service” means any activity undertaken solely with the intention of analysing specimens or samples from a human patient or animal in which a biological agent is or is suspected of being present for purposes relating to the assessment of the clinical progress, or assistance in the clinical management, of that patient or animal, and “diagnosis” shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2677/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-substances-hazardous-to-health-regulations-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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