The laboratory has written policies and procedures for the handling of tissue specimens remov...

(1)

The laboratory develops and implements written policies and procedures for collecting, preserving, transporting, receiving, and reporting examination results for tissue specimens.

(2)

The laboratory develops and implements a written policy, approved by the medical staff and a pathologist, that establishes which tissue specimens require only a macroscopic examination and which require both a macroscopic and microscopic examination.