2024 Tennessee Code
Title 68 - HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (§§ 68-1-101 — 68-221-1319)
Health (§§ 68-1-101 — 68-60-101)
Chapter 29 - TENNESSEE MEDICAL LABORATORY ACT (§§ 68-29-101 — 68-29-139)
Section 68-29-117 - Applications for licenses for laboratory personnel - Fees - Issuance of license - Temporary licenses

• (a) An application for a license as a medical laboratory director, supervisor, technologist, technician or special analyst shall be made under oath on forms provided by the board.

• (b) The following fees shall apply to this section:
  • (1) A nonrefundable application fee shall be set annually by the board; and
  • (2) An examination fee in the form of a check or money order, which shall accompany the application. Such fee will be set annually by the board. This fee shall not exceed the cost incurred by the board in purchasing the examination. This fee is only applicable when an examination is required by the regulations governing this chapter. If the applicant does not pass the examination, the applicant shall be assessed the cost of each subsequent examination taken. The examination fee may be refunded if the applicant does not take an examination; provided, that the request for a refund is made in writing by the applicant in question.

• (c) A license shall be issued authorizing the performance of one (1) or more categories after the applicant has met the requirements for a license as indicated in the regulations governing this chapter. An individual who was serving as a director of a medical laboratory on May 26, 1967, may continue to direct the medical laboratory; provided, that the laboratory meets all requirements of the regulations governing this chapter.

• (d)
  • (1) The board may issue a temporary license as a medical technician, medical technologist, special analyst, or medical laboratory director, to an applicant who has successfully completed the academic course work, clinical training, and all board designated requirements for the license sought, and who is scheduled to take the next available board approved examination.
  • (2) If an applicant passes the examination, the temporary license shall remain valid until the board grants or denies the license application.
  • (3) If the applicant fails the examination, the temporary license shall remain valid only until the results of the examination are available to the board.
  • (4) If the applicant fails to take the scheduled examination, the temporary license becomes void on the day of examination. In cases of severe hardship, the board may, in its discretion, and upon application, issue a second temporary license, which, if granted, shall remain valid until the results of the second examination are available to the board.
  • (5) No individual may be issued more than one (1) temporary license, except as provided by subdivision (d)(4).
  • (6) The recipient of a temporary license issued under this subsection (d) shall work only under the direct supervision of licensed medical laboratory personnel appointed by the laboratory supervisor as preceptor to the temporary licensee. This preceptor shall hold a license equal to or higher than the temporary licensee's level of licensure.

Acts 1967, ch. 355, § 17; 1973, ch. 141, § 6; 1975, ch. 365, § 6; 1980, ch. 475, § 5; 1981, ch. 236, § 8; T.C.A., § 53-4117; Acts 1986, ch. 743, § 1; 1989, ch. 523, §§ 218, 219; 1989, ch. 467, § 12; 1995, ch. 357, § 1; 2005, ch. 479, §§ 1, 2.