{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-29-135","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-29-135","heading":"Medical laboratory directors — Restricted licenses — Qualifications.","body":"(a) In addition to other persons permitted by law or rule to be a medical laboratory director, a person shall be qualified to serve as a medical laboratory director with a restricted license for a hospital licensed under this title for thirty (30) beds or fewer if the person is a physician licensed under title 63, chapter 6 or 9, and is otherwise qualified as determined by the board. A physician serving as a medical laboratory director pursuant to this section is authorized to delegate day-to-day operation of the laboratory to a medical laboratory supervisor.\n(b) In addition to other persons permitted by law or rule to be a medical laboratory supervisor, a person shall be qualified to serve as a medical laboratory supervisor with a restricted license for a hospital licensed under this title for thirty (30) beds or fewer if the person possesses at least a three-year undergraduate degree in any medical science, plus one (1) year of training in medical laboratory science, and is otherwise qualified as a medical laboratory supervisor as determined by the board.\n(c) The board is authorized to issue limited medical laboratory director and limited medical laboratory supervisor licenses in accordance with this section.","path":["Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection","Chapter 29 Tennessee Medical Laboratory Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.tn.tca/release76.2021.05.21/gov.tn.tca.title.68.odt","current_through":"2021-05-21","vintage":"Tennessee Code Release 76 (2021-05), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:57:36Z","sha256":"a3acf9709974ed514bc25e4033d00a43c5f961805219dca1bf51069e0659e439","source_id":"us-tn","stale":true,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-29-134","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-68-29-136"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}