Sec. 55-3.3. Annual report

(a) On or before March 1st of each year, each approved laboratory shall report the total number of individual analyte tests for the previous calendar year (January 1st—December 31st) in each category for which approval is given on forms to be provided by the department. If requested by the laboratory, this report shall be deemed confidential and exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law (article 6 of the Public Officers Law) pursuant to the authority in section 89(5) of the Public Officers Law. Failure to report or reporting falsely shall result in nonrenewal of the certificate of approval. Governmental laboratories are exempted from reporting their total adjusted volume.

(b) Thirty days after approval of the State budget, the department shall bill each laboratory for its approval fee and any adjustment due from the previous year and shall advise each laboratory of the total number of analyte tests reported by all laboratories and the total number of analytes approved for all laboratories.