§ 17-208. Issuance and contents of license

   (a) Issuance. -- The Secretary shall issue a license to any applicant who meets the standards and requirements of this subtitle and in regulations adopted pursuant to this subtitle.

(b) Contents -- Names. -- A medical laboratory license shall include the name of the:

   (1) Medical laboratory;

   (2) Laboratory director; and

   (3) Owner of the laboratory.

(c) Contents -- Testing and services. -- A medical laboratory license shall designate the:

   (1) Complexity of testing that the laboratory may offer or perform;

   (2) Classes of services that may be offered;

   (3) Tests or examinations that may be offered or performed by the laboratory; or

   (4) Any combination of (1), (2), and (3).

(d) Operations of laboratory restricted. -- A medical laboratory may not operate in any manner beyond what is designated by its license.

(e) Transfer prohibited. -- A medical laboratory license issued by the Secretary under this subtitle is not transferrable.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 34; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1995, ch. 465, § 1; 1996, ch. 202.