David E. Mills, Ph.D. Laboratory Director
The Department of Health's Scientific Laboratory is the sole public health, environmental, and drug laboratory for New Mexico. It conducts tests for infectious diseases threatening people, livestock and wildlife, as well as for hazardous materials and pollutants in our water, air and milk. It also tests for alcohol and drugs in DWI criminal cases and for autopsy cases. Over the course of a year, the lab performs more than 350,000 tests on nearly 80,000 samples.
SLD hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. untill 5:00 p.m. with Specimen Receiving's hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Bordetella pertussis (Whooping cough) Specimen Collection Procedure
2012 Bacti-water submission schedule
2012 Organics Semi-volatile suite collection schedule