(a) In addition to other persons permitted by law or rule to be a medical laboratory director, a person shall be qualified to serve as a medical laboratory director with a restricted license for a hospital licensed under this title for thirty (30) beds or fewer if the person is a physician licensed under title 63, chapter 6 or 9, and is otherwise qualified as determined by the board. A physician serving as a medical laboratory director pursuant to this section is authorized to delegate day-to-day operation of the laboratory to a medical laboratory supervisor.(b) In addition to other persons permitted by law or rule to be a medical laboratory supervisor, a person shall be qualified to serve as a medical laboratory supervisor with a restricted license for a hospital licensed under this title for thirty (30) beds or fewer if the person possesses at least a three-year undergraduate degree in any medical science, plus one (1) year of training in medical laboratory science, and is otherwise qualified as a medical laboratory supervisor as determined by the board.(c) The board is authorized to issue limited medical laboratory director and limited medical laboratory supervisor licenses in qualified as a medical laboratory supervisor as determined by the board.(c) The board is authorized to issue limited medical laboratory director and limited medical laboratory supervisor licenses in accordance with this section.Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 711,s 1, eff. 4/6/2016.
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