Section 490.840  Referral of Specimens for Examination

All specimens accepted by a blood bank shall be tested on its premises. However, specimens for infrequently performed tests or confirmatory tests or tests related to non-immunohematologic processing of blood for transfusion may be forwarded for examination to another blood bank licensed under this Act, or to a clinical laboratory licensed under the Illinois Clinical Laboratory Act, or to any blood bank specifically exempt from the Act (See Section 7-103 of the Act).