Ohio Code § 3701.861

§ 3701.861.

(A) No clinical laboratory shall present or cause to be presented a claim, bill, or demand

for payment for anatomic pathology services to any person or entity other than the

following: (1) The patient who receives the services or another individual, such as a parent, spouse,

or guardian, who is responsible for the patient's bills; (2) A responsible insurer or other third-party payor of a patient who receives the services; (3) A hospital, public health clinic, or not-for-profit health clinic ordering the services; (4) A referring clinical laboratory; (5) A governmental agency or any person acting on behalf of a governmental agency; (6) A physician who is permitted to bill for the services under division (D) of section 4731.72 of the Revised Code . (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do either of the following: (1) Mandate the assignment of benefits for anatomic pathology services; (2) Prohibit a clinical laboratory that provides anatomic pathology services from billing

a referring clinical laboratory for anatomic pathology services in instances in which

the referring clinical laboratory sends one or more samples to the clinical laboratory

for purposes of having a specialist perform analysis, consultation, or histologic

processing.