Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

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• “applicable test” means a test to which regulation 3 applies;

• F2“diagnostic laboratory” means an institution (or facility within an institution) which is equipped with apparatus and reagents for the performance of diagnostic tests for human infections;

• “operator of a diagnostic laboratory” means the corporate body that operates the diagnostic laboratory, or if there is no such body, the director of the diagnostic laboratory;

• “point of care test” means a diagnostic test which is not carried out in a diagnostic laboratory;

• “sample collection” means the taking of, or assisting with or the supervision of the taking of, a physical sample from a person who is the subject of a test;

• “testing service provider” means a person who carries out a sample collection or a point of care test, or a diagnostic laboratory.

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