3Circumstances in which services rendered following 2 requests to be taken to have been rendered following 1 request

3 Circumstances in which services rendered following 2 requests to be taken to have been rendered following 1 request

(1) In subrule (2), service includes assay, estimation and test.

(2) Two or more pathology services (other than services to which, under rule 4, this rule does not apply) rendered for a patient following 2 or more requests are taken to have been rendered following a single request if:

(a) the services are listed in the same item; and

(b) that item is not item 74990 or 74991; and

(c) the patient’s need for the services was determined under subsection 16A (1) of the Act on the same day even if the services are rendered by an approved pathology practitioner on more than 1 day.