N.Y. Public Health Law § 575: Issuance of permits

§ 575. Issuance of permits. 1. Application for a permit shall be made

by the owner and the director of the clinical laboratory or blood bank

in a manner and format prescribed by the department. The application

shall contain the name of the owner, the name of the director, the

procedures or categories of procedures or services for which the permit

is sought, the location or locations and physical description of the

facility or location or locations at which tests are to be performed or

at which a blood bank is to be operated, and such other information as

the department may require.

2. A permit shall not be issued unless a valid certificate of

qualification has been issued pursuant to the provisions of section five

hundred seventy-three of this title, unless all fees and outstanding

penalties, if any, have been paid, and the department finds that the

clinical laboratory or blood bank is competently staffed and properly

equipped, and will be operated in the manner required by this title.

3. The permit shall be issued jointly to the owner and the director

and they jointly and severally shall be responsible to the department

for the maintenance and operation of the clinical laboratory or blood

bank and for any violations of this title and the rules and regulations

promulgated thereunder.

4. A permit shall be valid for the year for which it is issued. The

initial application for a permit shall be accompanied by a registration

fee of one hundred dollars.

5. The permit shall specify the names of the owners and the director,

the procedures or categories of procedures or services authorized, and

the locations at which such procedures or services may be performed. The

permit and the certificate of qualification shall be displayed at all

times in a prominent place in the laboratory.

6. A permit shall become void by a change in the director, owner, or

location. A category on a permit shall become void by a change in the

director for that category. The department may, pursuant to regulations

adopted under this title, extend the date on which a permit or category

on a permit shall become void for a period not to exceed sixty days from

the date of a change of the director, owner or location. An application

for a new permit must be made in the manner provided by this section.