A medical laboratory license may be denied, revoked, suspended, limited, annulled, or renewal thereof denied for any of the following reasons:
(1) Making false statements on an application for medical laboratory license or any other documents required by the cabinet.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 333.190

  • 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
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, political subdivision, or any other entity whether organized for profit or not. See Kentucky Statutes 333.020

(2) Permitting unauthorized persons to perform technical procedures or to issue or sign reports.
(3) Demonstrating incompetence or making frequent errors in the performance or reporting of medical laboratory examinations and procedures.
(4) Performing a test and rendering a report thereon to a person not authorized by law to receive such services.
(5) Reporting the results determined on a specimen by a medical laboratory which has not been licensed or exempted under this chapter.
(6) Rendering a report on medical laboratory work actually performed in another medical laboratory without designating the name of the director and the name and address of the medical laboratory in which the test was performed.
(7) Knowingly having professional connection with or knowingly lending the use of the name of the licensed medical laboratory or its director to an unlicensed medical laboratory.
(8) Violating or aiding and abetting in the violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules or regulations promulgated hereunder.
(9) Failing to submit to the cabinet any report required by the provisions of this chapter or the reasonable rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(10) Violating KRS § 304.39-215.
(11) Engaging in conduct that is subject to the penalties under KRS § 304.99-060(4) or
(5).
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 20, effective June 27, 2019. — Amended
2015 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 24, effective June 24, 2015. — Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 14, effective June 21, 2001. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1990. — Created 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 23.