Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "anatomic pathology service" means any of the following performed by a physician or under the supervision of a physician on a sample taken from a human body: (1) Histopathology or surgical pathology, meaning the gross and microscopic examination and histologic processing of organ tissue. (2) Cytopathology, meaning the microscopic examination of cells from the following: (A) Fluids. (B) Aspirates. (C) Washings. (D) Brushings. (E) Smears. (3) Hematology, meaning the microscopic evaluation of bone marrow aspirates and biopsies, and peripheral blood smears when the attending or treating physician or technologist requests that a blood smear be reviewed by a pathologist. (4) Subcellular pathology and molecular pathology, meaning the assessment of a specimen for detection, localization, measurement, or analysis of protein or nucleic acid targets. (5) Blood banking services performed by pathologists.
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