Regulation 34 Pathology services
The registered person shall ensure that—
(a)
an adequate range of pathology services is available to meet the needs of the independent hospital;
(b)
those services are provided to an appropriate standard;
(c)
appropriate arrangements are made for the collection, and (where pathology services are provided outside the hospital) transportation of pathology specimens; and
(d)
the patient from whom a specimen was taken, and such specimen, is identifiable at all times.