Medical and Dental Laboratory Services

Establishments primarily engaged in providing professional analytic or diagnostic services to the medical profession or directly to patients with a physician’s prescription. Sample business functions include bacteriological laboratories (not involved in manufacturing), biological laboratories, blood analysis laboratories, biological chemist laboratories, dental X-ray laboratories, clinical medical laboratories, pathological laboratories, medical testing laboratories for analytic or diagnostic purposes, and urinalysis laboratories.

Establishments primarily engaged in producing dentures, artificial teeth, and orthodontic appliances made to order for the dental profession. Sample business functions include crowns and bridges made in dental laboratories to order, dental laboratories (excluding X-ray), dentures produced to order for dental professionals, orthodontic appliances made to order, and artificial teeth manufactured in dental laboratories to order.

Organizations that acquire, process, type, transport, and store whole blood and blood products such as red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma for individuals requiring transfusions. These organizations also perform pretransfusion compatibility testing to help ensure the safety of blood transfusions.

Organizations that provide pre-hospital emergency medical care and rapid transportation to health care facilities.