Section 68-29-111 - License required to operate medical and rural hospital-based laboratories(a) No person shall conduct, maintain, or operate a medical laboratory in this state unless a license has been obtained from the board, except laboratories exempt under § 68-29-104. Unless specifically authorized by the board, an individual shall not be permitted to direct more than one (1) medical laboratory. A separate license shall be obtained for each location.(b)(1) A person shall not conduct, maintain, or operate a rural hospital-based laboratory in this state unless a license has been obtained as described in this part, except for laboratories exempt under § 68-29-104.(2) Consistent with the federal requirements of § 353 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 263a), a medical laboratory supervisor may supervise up to five (5) separate rural hospital-based medical laboratories when the rural hospital-based laboratories are located within hospitals designated as rural hospitals in accordance with the current federal health resources and services administration's definition of rural areas.(3) A medical laboratory director shall not direct more than five (5) rural hospital-based laboratories, consistent with the federal requirements of § 353 of the Public Health Service Act.Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1046,s 3, eff. 5/28/2024.Acts 1967, ch. 355, § 11; T.C.A., § 53-4111; Acts 1989, ch. 467, § 12.