Ordering a lab test
Outpatient Laboratory tests may only be ordered by a physician, midwife, nurse practitioner, certified rural RN or dentist in accordance with the Clinical Practice Guidelines and Protocols developed by the BC Medical Association and the Ministry of Health. Requests for laboratory testing from Naturopaths are not accepted by IH labs at this time.
BC’s Agency for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is responsible for processing requests for changes to the referral schedules. Visit the agency’s referring practitioner schedules page for more information and direct inquiries to pracbenefitscheds@phsa.ca.