2015 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Health
Chapter 29 - Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act
§ 68-29-122 - Collection of specimens -- Restrictions -- Licensing of collection stations.

(a) The medical laboratory board shall be responsible for the establishment of the procedures and standards to be used for the proper collection, handling and preanalytic processing of laboratory samples and may promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for such procedures and standards.

(b) When blood is withdrawn from a patient in a home for the aged, nursing home residential hospice or recuperation center, or from a patient of a home care organization as these terms are defined in § 68-11-201, the procedure shall be performed by a trained phlebotomist or a person who has been properly trained to draw blood and has been licensed in this state by the appropriate board for the respective health care profession of such person.

(c) Collection stations owned and operated as part of a laboratory licensed in Tennessee do not require an additional license. Collection stations owned and operated by laboratories in other states are required to have a Tennessee license. Collection stations shall comply with rules and regulations prescribed by the board.