Bureau of State Laboratory Services

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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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• Environmental Protection Agency 
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• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' website (CMS)
  CMS regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. 
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
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• Arizona Secretary of State 
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