Legislation – The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Testing Requirements and Standards) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023

Amendment to regulation 56.

(1)

Regulation 5 (provider requirements) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

for “test provider” substitute “testing service provider”;

(b)

for “meet the following requirements” substitute “be accredited to the relevant ISO Standard4 by a signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation5 Mutual Recognition Arrangement”;

(c)

omit “that they provide”.

(3)

After paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

The relevant ISO Standard for the purposes of paragraph (1) is—

(a)

in relation to sample collection or a point of care test, ISO Standard 15189:20226;

(b)

in relation to a diagnostic laboratory, either ISO Standard 15189:2022 or ISO/IEC Standard 17025:20177.”.

(4)

Omit paragraphs (2) to (7).