Children and Community Services Regulations 2006

A laboratory to which a bodily sample has been sent for testing must ensure that the testing is completed —

if the proposed procedure is red cell antigen blood grouping, red cell enzyme blood grouping or testing for serum markers, within 6 days after the sample is taken; or

if the proposed procedure is HLA tissue typing, within 3 days after the sample is taken; or

if the proposed procedure is DNA typing, within a reasonable time after the sample is taken.

If the proposed procedure is red cell enzyme blood grouping or testing for serum markers, subregulation (1)(a) is complied with if a dried sample of the bodily sample to be tested is prepared within 6 days after the sample is taken from the donor.