Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1322 – Temporary license; limited renewal; fee
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1322
- Clinical laboratory: means any building, place, or facility in which an operation and procedure for the biological, microbiological, serological, immunological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examinations of materials derived from the human body is performed to provide information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of human beings or for forensic testing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
- Committee: means the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners established by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
- Cytotechnologist: means an individual responsible for examining cytopathological preparations which require the exercise of independent judgment and responsibility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
- Practice of clinical laboratory science: means the performance by any individual, other than a physician licensed by the board, of laboratory testing, analysis, or examination of human specimens. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
A. An applicant for a license as a clinical laboratory scientist-generalist, clinical laboratory scientist-specialist, clinical laboratory scientist-technician, or cytotechnologist who has fulfilled the educational qualifications to take the licensing examination may be granted a temporary license to engage in the practice of clinical laboratory science in the category for which he is qualified until six weeks after the date of the next licensing examination. In the event the applicant for a license as a clinical laboratory scientist-generalist, clinical laboratory scientist-specialist, clinical laboratory scientist-technician, or cytotechnologist does not successfully complete the licensing examination, that applicant’s temporary license may, at the discretion of the committee, be renewed once until six weeks after the subsequent licensing examination.
B. The fee for a temporary license shall be the fee required for the category in which the license is issued as governed by La. Rev. Stat. 37:1321, pro-rated for the portion of the year until the next license examination.
Acts 1993, No. 396, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1993.