# The Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Regulations 2001, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3968/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-england-regulations-2001/regulation-34
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