Sec. 0.5. (a) This chapter may not be construed to apply to an anatomic pathology service that is:
(1) billed to a hospital by a clinical laboratory; or
(2) billed by the hospital for an inpatient or outpatient facility of the hospital.
(b) This chapter may not be construed to prohibit a physician who has performed the anatomic pathology service on a patient sample from billing a patient or payer for the histological processing of the sample if the histological processing is performed by another physician or a clinical laboratory. The physician who performed the anatomic pathology service may combine the cost for the histological processing of the sample and for the anatomic pathology service for billing purposes, but may not add a fee for the histological processing of the sample.
As added by P.L.3-2013, SEC.1.