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O. Reg. 61/02: GENERAL
filed March 11, 2002 under Health Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.6
Skip to contentONTARIO regulation 61/02
made under the
health insurance act
Made: March 8, 2002
Filed: March 11, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 30, 2002
Amending Reg. 552 of R.R.O. 1990
(General)
Note: Since the end of 2001, Regulation 552 has been amended by Ontario Regulation 23/02 56/02 and 57/02. Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations published in The Ontario Gazette dated January 19, 2002.
1. Schedule 22 to Regulation 552 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:
Schedule 22
LABORATORY TESTS AUTHORIZED BY REGISTERED
NURSE IN THE EXTENDED CLASS
(Subclause 22(1)(a)(ii))
BACTERIOLOGY |
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1. |
L622 |
Chlamydia — culture isolation or non-cultural assays |
2. |
L625 |
Cultures — cervical, vaginal, including GC culture, Gram smear, yeast identification (e.g. Germ tube) |
3. |
L627 |
Cultures — GC culture and smear |
4. |
L628 |
Cultures — other swabs or pus-culture and smear (includes screening) |
5. |
L629 |
Cultures — sputum-culture and smear |
6. |
L630 |
Cultures — stool culture, including the necessary agglutinations and culture for campylobacter |
7. |
L631 |
Cultures — tuberculosis, including ZN or fluorescent smear |
8. |
L634 |
Cultures — urine calibrated volume to include plate, turbidimetric or photometric techniques |
9. |
L640 |
Cultures — throat swab, for streptococcus screen only |
10. |
L641 |
Cultures — urine, screening, actual culture without identification |
11. |
L643 |
Smear only, Gram or Papanicolaou stain, as sole procedure |
12. |
L653 |
Wet preparation (for fungus, trichomonas, parasites) |
13. |
L636 |
Streptococcus grouping, Lancefield or equivalent with extractions |
14. |
L638 |
Streptococcus grouping, coagglutination method |
15. |
L656 |
Penicillinase production |
16. |
L637 |
Virus Isolation |
MYCOLOGY |
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17. |
L626 |
Cultures — fungus, including KOH preparation and smear |
18. |
L652 |
Smear only, special stain, e.g. ZN, inclusions, spores, diphtheria |
PARASITOLOGY |
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19. |
L650 |
Parasites and ova (faeces concentration) |
20. |
L654 |
Parasites and ova, smear only, special stain(s) |
21. |
L651 |
Pinworm (Scotch tape prep) |
CYTOLOGY |
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22. |
L710 |
Direct smears — oral, larynx, nipple discharge, vulvar |
23. |
L713 |
Cervicovaginal specimen (including all types of cellular abnormality, assessment of flora and/or cytohormonal evaluation) |
24. |
L733 |
Cervicovaginal specimen (including all types of cellular abnormality, assessment of flora and/or cytohormonal evaluation) using the monolayer cell methodology. |
25. |
L716 |
Sputum per specimen for general and/or specified assessment (e.g. cellular abnormality, asbestos bodies, lipid, hemosiderin, etc.) |
26. |
L718 |
Seminal fluid examination (complete) |
27. |
L719 |
Smear for spermatozoa only (post-operative) |
BIOCHEMISTRY |
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28. |
L005 |
Albumin, quantitative |
29. |
L018 |
Amylase |
30. |
L030 |
Bilirubin, total |
31. |
L031 |
Bilirubin, conjugated |
32. |
L040 |
Carbamazepine, quantitative (Tegretol) |
33. |
L045 |
Calcium |
34. |
L053 |
Chloride |
35. |
L055 |
Cholesterol, total |
36. |
L067 |
Creatinine |
37. |
L078 |
Drugs of abuse screen, urine |
38. |
L085 |
Electrophoresis, serum — including total protein |
39. |
L107 |
Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase |
40. |
L111 |
Glucose, quantitative (not by dipstick) |
41. |
L093 |
Glycosylated hemoglobin — HgbA1 |
42. |
L117 |
High density lipoprotein cholesterol |
43. |
L139 |
Iron, Total — with iron binding capacity and percent saturation |
44. |
L148 |
Lead |
45. |
L157 |
Lithium |
46. |
L181 |
Occult blood |
47. |
L191 |
Phosphatase, alkaline |
48. |
L194 |
Phosphorus (inorganic phosphate) |
49. |
L204 |
Potassium |
50. |
L208 |
Protein, total |
51. |
L215 |
Quinidine |
52. |
L221 |
Salicylate, quantitative |
53. |
L222 |
SGOT (AST) |
54. |
L223 |
SGPT (ALT) |
55. |
L226 |
Sodium |
56. |
L073 |
Target drug testing, urine, qualitative or quantitative |
57. |
L243 |
Triglycerides |
58. |
L252 |
Uric acid (urate) |
59. |
L253 |
Urinalysis, routine chemical (any of S.G., pH, protein, sugar, hemoglobin, ketones, urobilinogen, bilirubin, leukocyte esterase, nitrate) |
60. |
L254 |
Urinalysis microscopic examination of centrifuged specimen |
61. |
L257 |
Valproic acid (valproate) |
IMMUNOASSAYS |
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62. |
L306 |
Digoxin |
63. |
L309 |
Folate, in red cells, to include hematocrit and if requested, serum folate. |
64. |
L310 |
Estradiol |
65. |
L311 |
Estriol |
66. |
L315 |
FSH (pituitary gonadotrophins) |
67. |
L318 |
HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophins) |
68. |
L319 |
Hepatitis associated antigen or antibody immunoassay (e.g. hepatitis B surface antigen or antibody, hepatitis B core antibody, hepatitis A antibody) |
69. |
L321 |
Aminophylline (theophylline) |
70. |
L324 |
Diphenylhydantoin (phenytoin), quantitative (dilantin) |
71. |
L329 |
Ferritin |
72. |
L330 |
Parathyroid hormone |
73. |
L332 |
Prolactin |
74. |
L341 |
TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) |
75. |
L345 |
Vitamin B12 |
76. |
L691 |
Alphafetoprotein |
77. |
L605 |
1,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D |
78. |
L606 |
25- hydroxy Vitamin D |
IMMUNOLOGY |
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79. |
L500 |
Screen for miscellaneous agglutination reactions |
80. |
L544 |
Fluorescent Antibody Tests (Immunofluorescent Studies), Tests for serum antibodies to tissue and cell components — antinuclear |
81. |
L655 |
Pregnancy test |
82. |
L667 |
Non-cultural direct bacterial antibody or antigen assays by fluorescence, agglutination or ELISA techniques |
83. |
L668 |
Heterophile antibodies — screen (slide or single tube) — with or without absorption |
84. |
L679 |
Virus antibodies — hemagglutination inhibition or ELISA techniques |
85. |
L683 |
Non-cultural indirect antibody or antigen assays by fluorescence, agglutination or ELISA technique |
HEMATOLOGY |
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86. |
L393 |
Complete Blood Count (any method) |
87. |
L377 |
Bleeding time — Ivy method |
88. |
L395 |
Eosinophil count |
89. |
L398 |
Reticulocyte count |
90. |
L419 |
Hemoglobin electrophoresis or chromatography to include Hb A2 fraction |
91. |
L445 |
Prothrombin time |
92. |
L452 |
Sickle cell preparation |
93. |
L462 |
Partial thromboplastin time |
IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY |
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94. |
L481 |
Antibody Titre per antibody, per specimen |
95. |
L482 |
Antibody screening |
96. |
L490 |
Blood Group — ABO and RhD |
97. |
L493 |
Blood Group — ABO and Rh Phenotype |
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