§ 572. Certificates of qualification. No person shall act as a director in a clinical laboratory located in or accepting specimens from New York state or in a blood bank located in or collecting, processing, storing or distributing blood products in New York state unless a valid certificate of qualification has been issued as provided in section five hundred seventy-three of this title. A certificate shall be issued authorizing the holder to perform or direct one or more procedures or one or more categories of such procedures.

Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 572

  • Blood bank: means a facility for the collection, processing, storage and/or distribution of human blood, blood components or blood derivatives, but shall not mean a source plasma donation center. See N.Y. Public Health Law 571
  • Clinical laboratory: means a facility for the microbiological, immunological, chemical, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, genetic, or other examination of materials derived from the human body, for the purpose of obtaining information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease or the assessment of a health condition or for identification purposes. See N.Y. Public Health Law 571
  • Director: means the person who is responsible for administration of the technical and scientific operation of a clinical laboratory or blood bank, including supervision of procedures and reporting of findings of tests. See N.Y. Public Health Law 571
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