Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsA request for a pathology service must, subject to subsection 37(3), include the following information in respect of the service:
(a) a description of the service in terms or symbols that:
(i) would be generally understood by medical practitioners; and
(ii) are sufficient to identify the service for the purpose of ascertaining the item (if any) in which the service is specified;
(b) the date on which the service was determined to be necessary;
(c) whether the service is a pathology service that:
(i) relates to a bodily specimen obtained from a person while the person was an in - patient of a hospital; and
(ii) is to be performed after the person has ceased to be such a patient.