UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 15, 2006
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
1290 Wall Street West
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
(201) 393-5000
001-12215
(Commission file number)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
16-1387862
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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Item 8.01 |
Other Events |
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated has received a subpoena from the California Attorney General’s Office. The subpoena seeks various documents including documents relating to billings to MediCal, the California Medicaid program. The subpoena seeks documents from various time frames ranging from three to ten years. Quest Diagnostics will cooperate with the California Attorney General’s Office in responding to the subpoena.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| May 19, 2006 | ||
| QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED | ||
| By:__/s/ Leo C. Farrenkopf, Jr.___________ | ||
Leo C. Farrenkopf, Jr. |
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