42 C.F.R. § 493.1353 Scope.
Title 42 - Public Health
In accordance with §493.19(b), the moderate complexity procedures specified as PPM procedures are considered such only when personally performed by a health care provider during a patient visit in the context of a physical examination. PPM procedures are subject to the personnel requirements in §§493.1355 through 493.1365.
Title 42: Public Health
PART 493—LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS
Subpart M—Personnel for Nonwaived Testing
Laboratories Performing Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM) Procedures
§ 493.1353 Scope.

