(a) An application for a medical laboratory license shall be made under oath, by the owner and director of the medical laboratory or public official responsible for the operation of a city or county medical laboratory or institution that contains a medical laboratory, upon forms provided by the board; provided, that the laboratory is in compliance with the regulations promulgated under the authority of this chapter. The board may issue a temporary license, at no charge to the applicant, which shall be valid for a period of not longer than three (3) months from the date the application is received by the board. After expiration of the three-month period, the applicant shall be issued a permanent license, but, if the laboratory is not in compliance, it shall not be granted a license to operate. A license shall be issued authorizing the performance of one (1) or more medical laboratory procedures or one (1) or more categories of such procedures.
Department: means the state department of health, including the [former] public health council [repealed]. 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
(b)(1) A fee, in the form of a check or money order, shall accompany the application. The fee will be set by the board.(2) The board shall also set fees for license renewal as required by § 9-4-5117.(3) Each license shall be renewed by making application on forms provided by the department and submission of the fee as set by the board.(4) If the licensee fails or neglects to renew the license by the prescribed time, the license may be restored by paying all registration fees due, plus a late monetary penalty and upon finding there are no outstanding violations attributed to the licensee.
