Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-29-111

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) No person shall conduct, maintain, or operate a medical laboratory in this state unless a license has been obtained from the board, except laboratories exempt under § 68-29-104. Unless specifically authorized by the board, an individual shall not be permitted to direct more than one (1) medical laboratory. A separate license shall be obtained for each location.

(b)(1) A person shall not conduct, maintain, or operate a rural hospital-based laboratory in this state unless a license has been obtained as described in this part, except for laboratories exempt under § 68-29-104.

(2) Consistent with the federal requirements of § 353 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 263a), a medical laboratory supervisor may supervise up to five (5) separate rural hospital-based medical laboratories when the rural hospital-based laboratories are located within hospitals designated as rural hospitals in accordance with the current federal health resources and services administration's definition of rural areas.

(3) A medical laboratory director shall not direct more than five (5) rural hospital-based laboratories, consistent with the federal requirements of § 353 of the Public Health Service Act.

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