(1) Records involving medical laboratory services and copies of reports of laboratory tests shall be kept for the period of time and in a manner prescribed by regulation of the secretary. They shall be made available to representatives of the cabinet for inspection during regular office hours.
(2) Each medical laboratory shall establish its own quality control program acceptable to the cabinet including use of, where applicable, reference or control sera and other biological samples, concurrent calibration standards, and control chart recordings.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 333.180

  • 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

History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(22). — Created 1968 Ky.
Acts ch. 180, sec. 21.