(a) A license to conduct a medical laboratory, where the owner is not the director, shall be issued jointly to the owner and the director for the purposes stated in the application, and they shall be separately and jointly responsible to the board for the maintenance and conduct of the laboratory or for any violations of this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-29-112

  • Board: means the medical laboratory board, created by §. See Tennessee Code 68-29-103
  • Medical laboratory: means any institution, building, or place in which operations and procedures for the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, immunohematological, or biophysical examination of specimens taken from the human body are performed to obtain information for diagnosis, prophylaxis, or treatment or where any examination, determination, or test is made on any sample used as a basis for health advice, or where any sample is collected for the purpose of transfusion or processing of blood or blood fractions, or for the training of medical laboratory personnel. See Tennessee Code 68-29-103
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, political subdivision, or any other entity whether organized for profit or not. See Tennessee Code 68-29-103
(b) A license shall be valid only in the hands of the person or persons to whom it is issued and shall not be the subject of sale, assignment or transfer, voluntary or involuntary, nor shall a license be valid for any premises other than those for which issued.
(c) A new license may be secured for the new location, director or owner prior to the actual change; provided, that the contemplated change is in compliance with this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter.
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