Tennessee § 63-6-1202 - Claims, bills or demands for payment for services.

§ 63-6-1202. Claims, bills or demands for payment for services.

A clinical laboratory or physician, located in this state, or in another state, providing cytopathology services for patients in this state, shall present or cause to be presented a claim, bill or demand for payment for these services only to the following: The patient directly; The responsible insurer or other third party payor; The hospital, public health clinic, nonprofit health clinic ordering the services, or onsite medical clinic; The referring laboratory, other than a laboratory of a physician's office or group practice that does not perform the technical or professional component of the cytopathology service for which the claim, bill, or demand is presented; or Governmental agencies or their specified public or private agent, agency, or organization on behalf of the recipient of the services. Acts 2006, ch. 1003, § 2; 2007, ch. 117, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2007, ch. 117, § 3 provided that the commissioner of health is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the act, which amended subdivision (3). The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of title 4, chapter 5.