Section 333.20525 - Denial, limitation, suspension, or revocation of license; grounds.
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.20525 Denial, limitation, suspension, or revocation of license; grounds.
Sec. 20525.
In addition to the grounds for disciplinary action set forth in section 20165 the department may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke a license upon a finding that the owner, laboratory director, or an employee of a clinical laboratory has done any of the following:
(a) Demonstrated incompetence or consistently erred in the performance of the clinical laboratory examinations or procedures.
(b) Performed, or represented himself or herself as entitled to perform, a clinical laboratory procedure or category of procedures not authorized in the certificate of licensure.
(c) Solicited referral of specimens to the clinical laboratory by false advertising or by offering or implying, directly or indirectly, discounts, rebates, or other benefits or considerations to persons referring patients or work to the clinical laboratory.
(d) Reported on clinical laboratory work or referred samples required to be tested under section 20521 actually performed in another laboratory without stating that the work was performed there.
(e) Billed patients or third party payors for laboratory work not actually performed or not requested by the patient's physician.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Popular Name: Act 368