Queensland Consolidated Regulations

STATUS OF CHILDREN REGULATION 2022 - REG 13

13 Time in which parentage testing procedure must be carried out or dried sample prepared

(1) An accredited laboratory that has received a sample from a donor in relation to carrying out a parentage testing procedure must ensure the parentage testing procedure is carried out within—

(a) if the parentage testing procedure is red cell antigen blood grouping—6 days after the sample is taken from the donor; or

(b) if the parentage testing procedure is human leucocyte antigen tissue typing—3 days after the sample is taken from the donor; or

(c) if the parentage testing procedure is DNA typing—a reasonable time after the sample is taken from the donor.

(2) Also, an accredited laboratory that has received a sample from a donor in relation to carrying out a parentage testing procedure that is red cell enzyme blood grouping or testing for serum markers must ensure that, within 6 days after the sample is taken from the donor—

(a) the parentage testing procedure is carried out; or

(b) a dried sample of the sample is prepared for the purpose of carrying out the parentage testing procedure on the dried sample.