Application for a medical laboratory license shall be made under oath by the director of the medical laboratory. The license shall be issued only for the performance of those medical laboratory procedures which the particular laboratory, by virtue of the educational and experience background of its laboratory personnel and the nature of its equipment and facilities, is competent to perform. A license shall not be issued unless the cabinet determines that the medical laboratory is adequately staffed and equipped to operate in conformity with the requirements of this chapter and the regulations promulgated hereunder.
History: Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 13.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 333.050

  • Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
  • Medical laboratory: means any institution, building, place, or any other facility in which operations and procedures for the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, immunohematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other methods of examination of tissues including blood, secretions, and excretions of the human body are performed to obtain information in diagnosing, preventing, or treating disease, or in which the results of any examination, determination, or test are used as a basis for health advice. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
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