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    <CFRTITLE>42</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Public Health</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>3</VOL>
    <DATE>2005-10-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2005-10-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Scope.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>493.1353</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 493.1353</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 42" SEQ="5">Public Health</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER IV" SEQ="4">CENTERS FOR MEDICARE &amp; MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER G" SEQ="3">STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 493" SEQ="2">LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart M" SEQ="1">Personnel for Nonwaived Testing</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="0">Laboratories Performing Provider-Performed Microscopy (ppm) Procedures</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 493.1353</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Scope.</SUBJECT>
    <P>In accordance with § 493.19(b), the moderate complexity procedures specified as PPM procedures are considered such only when personally performed by a health care provider during a patient visit in the context of a physical examination. PPM procedures are subject to the personnel requirements in §§ 493.1355 through 493.1365.</P>
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