HISTORICAL INFORMATION

U.S. Postal Service Regulations
Effective June 12, 2003 

U.S. Postal Service Regulations
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Note:  On February 14, 2003, the U.S. Department of Transportation initiated new comprehensive regulation affecting the packaging, labeling, & marking of diagnostic specimens.  These new rules, known as HM226 regulate diagnostic specimens in the United States for the first time.  They constitute a significant alignment of U.S. rules and the international regulations of the United Nations.

    TheU.S. Postal Service adopted most of the new U.S. DOT rules for Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens on June 6, 2003, effective June 12, 2003.