Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-06-03-.03 - CHANGE IN LOCATION, DIRECTOR, OWNER, SUPERVISOR OR TESTING IN A MEDICAL LABORATORY

(1) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of a laboratory to notify the Department in writing of a change in the location, director, owners or supervisor of the laboratory within fifteen (15) days of the actual change.

(2) If the matter involves a change of the owner, and/or director and/or the location an application for a new license, including payment of the T.C.A. § 68-29-112 Fee as provided in Rule 1200-06-03-.02(4), must be filed and a new license obtained before the laboratory may provide services. That new license may be applied for and issued prior to the actual change but will be void should the change not actually take place.

(3) It shall be the responsibility of the owner to notify the Department in writing in order to add a specialty or subspecialty not presently authorized by the facility's license prior to the commencement of testing and reporting patient test results. The Department must conduct an on-site inspection prior to the issuance of authorization for the specialty or subspecialty. A replacement license which includes the new specialty or subspecialty shall be issued by the Department at no cost to the facility.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-06-03-.03

Original rule filed October 26, 1979; effective December 10, 1979. Repeal filed May 3, 1995; effective July 17, 1995. New rule filed January 7, 1997; effective March 23, 1997. Repeal and new rule filed June 18, 2002; effective September 1, 2002. Amendment filed December 27, 2006; effective March 12, 2007.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 68-29-105, 68-29-112, and 68-29-114.