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  upon forms provided 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 in the category of procedures  for  which  the  permit  is  sought  has  been  issued  to the director pursuant to the provisions of  section five  hundred  seventy-three  of  this  title,  and  unless  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. The department may, pursuant to regulations adopted under this  title,  extend the date on which 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 permit may be made at any time,  in the manner provided by this section.