Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A laboratory to which a bodily sample has been sent for testing must ensure that the testing is completed:
(a) 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
(b) if the proposed procedure is HLA tissue typing -- within 3 days after the sample is taken; or
(c) if the proposed procedure is DNA typing -- within a reasonable time after the sample is taken.
(2) If the proposed procedure is red cell enzyme blood grouping or testing for serum markers, paragraph (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.