Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 13 - AGENCY OF HUMAN SERVICES › Sub-Agency 140 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 022 - PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY FEE RULE › Section 13 140 022 - PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY FEE RULE

Current through June, 2024
1. This rule implements the provision of
				18 V.S.A. Section
				503, by establishing reasonable fees that
				shall be charged to cover the cost of services performed by the Department of
				Health Public Health Laboratory provided the services are not requested under
				the authority of the Commissioner of Health. The Commissioner shall have the
				authority to lower fees or waive fees on tests performed for Vermont
				agencies/departments or other entities when the interests of the State are best
				served by doing so.
2. Laboratory
				Division Fee Schedule:
Category of
						  Service
Fee
a.
Chemistry, Inorganic, Drinking Water
a.1.
Odor
10.00
pH
10.00
a.2.
Alkalinity
12.00
Antimony
12.00
Arsenic
12.00
Barium
12.00
Beryllium
12.00
Cadmium
12.00
Calcium, titration
12.00
Chloride
12.00
Chlorine residual
12.00
Chromium
12.00
Color
12.00
Conductivity
12.00
Copper
12.00
Fluoride
12.00
Hardness
12.00
Iron
12.00
Lead
12.00
Manganese
12.00
Nickel
12.00
Nitrate
12.00
Nitrite
12.00
Selenium
12.00
Sodium
12.00
Thallium
12.00
Total Dissolved Solids
12.00
Turbidity
12.00
Zinc
12.00
[If 2 or more tests in this category, 2a2, are
							 purchased, the cost per test will be $ 11 per test]
a.3.
Methylene Blue Active Substances (MBAS)
							 Screen
15.00
Sulfate
15.00
a.4.
Mercury
25.00
a.5
Inorganic Chemicals - Kit C
							 (Homeowners)
90.00
Arsenic
Chloride
Copper
Hardness
Iron
Lead
Manganese
Nitrate
Sodium
Inorganic Chemicals - Kit IA (Regulated Water
							 Systems)
125.00
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Fluoride
Mercury
Nickel
Selenium
Thallium
Lead and Copper - Kit IB (Regulated Water
							 Systems)
20.00
Lead
Copper
Inorganic Chemicals - Kit ID (Small Scale Water
							 Systems)
70.00
Arsenic
Chloride
Iron
Manganese
Nitrate
Odor
Sodium
b.
Chemistry, Organic, Drinking Water
VOC, GC/MS (EPA VOC Lists I & III)
EPA Method 524.2
120.00
or
Total Trihalomethanes (EPA Method
							 542.2)
120.00
VOC, EPA Method 504 (EPA VOC List II)
80.00
Pesticides, EPA Method 505
chlordane, toxaphene
lindane, endrin, methoxychlor,
heptachlor, heptachlorepoxide,
hexachloropentadiene,
hexachlorobenzene
200.00
Screen Total PCB's (EPA Method 505)
150.00
Carbamate Pesticides, EPA Method 531
100.00
Phenoxy Herbicides, 515
200.00
Herbicides, alachlor, atrazine, simazine (EPA Method
							 505)
85.00
PAH's EPA Method 550.1
125.00
Haloacetic Acids
150.00
c.
Chemistry, Alcohol
Independent Sample Handling
15.00
d.
Chemistry, Radiological
Gross Alpha Water
45.00
Gross Beta Water
45.00
Gross Alpha Wipes
10.00
Gross Beta Wipes
10.00
Gross Alpha Air
10.00
Gross Beta Air
10.00
Gamma Water/Milk
55.00
Gamma Fish/Veg Sed
90.00
Gamma Air Cartridge
35.00
Tritium in Water (Environmental)
25.00
Radon in Air (E-Perm)
25.00
Radon in Air, LS
15.00
Radon in Water
25.00
Tritium in Water (Drinking)
45.00
Radium 226
35.00
Radium 228
75.00
E-Perm Electret
5.00
Uranium
157.00
e.
Chemistry, Miscellaneous
Lead, Ceramics
20.00
Lead, Dust
20.00
Lead, Paint
20.00
Lead, Soil
20.00
f.
Toxicology
Lead, Blood
15.00
g.
Bacteriology, Water
Total Coliform
12.00
Fecal Coliform
15.00
Heterotrophic Plate Count
15.00
Presence/Absence (Standard Method)
15.00
Presence/Absence (Colilert)
12.00
Presence/Absence (Colisure)
12.00
Enumeration of Total Coliform & E.
							 Coli
15.00
h.
Immunology
Brucella/Tularemia Antibody
18.00
Complement Fixation per Antigen
23.00
CF Adult Respiratory Panel (4
							 Antigens)
46.00
CF Child Respiratory Panel (7
							 Antigens)
161.00
CF CNS Panel (9 Antigens)
138.00
CMV Antibody
9.00
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Test
6.00
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmatory
							 Test
3.00
Hepatitis B. Surface Antibody
9.00
Hepatitis B Core Antibody
11.00
Hepatitis C Antibody
12.00
Hepatitis C Confirmatory Test
65.00
Hepatitis Panel
25.00
HIV Antibody Screen
6.00
HIV Antibody Supplemental
8.00
HIV 1/2 Antibody Screen
6.00
Legionella Antibody
34.00
Measles Antibody
9.00
Mumps Antibody
9.00
Rubella Antibody
7.00
Syphilis Test (RPR)
5.00
FTA ABS
17.00
Toxoplasma Antibody
13.00
Varicella Antibody
9.00
Borrelia burgdorferi Antibody
31.00
Borrelia burgdorferi Antibody
							 Supplement
33.00
HIV 1 Quantification
148.00
i.
Microbiology
Chlamydia Probe Assay
6.00
Cryptosporidium
10.00
Culture, enteric
21.00
Culture, gonococcal
6.00
Culture, fungal
19.00
Culture, fungal and mycobacterial
40.00
Culture, mycobacterial
20.00
Culture, sputum or nasopharyngeal
17.00
GC Probe Assay
5.00
GC/Chlamydia Probe Assay (single
							 specimen)
10.00
Giardia Screen
10.00
Ova and parasites
20.00
Ova and parasites, Trichome Stain
20.00
Rabies examination
100.00
Acid Fast Stain (Parasites)
20.00
Chlamydia trachomatis Amplification
							 Assay
10.00
Culture Bacterial (Food)
15.00
GC Amplification Assay
10.00
GC/Chlamydia Amplification Assay (Single
							 Specimen)
19.00
Mycobacterial Species, ID (DNA Probe)
27.00
Mycobacteria Tuberculosis,
							 Amplification
35.00
Pinworm ID
9.00
Tick ID
25.00
Tick, Amplified Assay for
							 B.burgdorferi
25.00
Statutory Authority:
				  18 V.S.A. §§
											104 and
				  503(c)