Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department of
Sub-Agency 0013 - Clinical Laboratories, Licensure of
Chapter 6 - ENFORCEMENT
Section 6-1 - General Provisions

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 6-1

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) Proceedings to revoke, annul, suspend, or limit a license shall be initiated by the state agency when:

(i) The facilities or equipment are deemed to be inadequate to provide the laboratory services for which the laboratory is licensed;

(ii) The laboratory personnel do not meet qualifications as specified in Chapter II, Section 2;

(iii) The laboratory has not been able to demonstrate that it can satisfactorily perform or meet applicable quality assurance standards for the laboratory tests for which it is licensed;

(iv) In the process of applying for a Certificate of Qualification or a laboratory license, or renewal of either, there is evidence of misrepresentation or that false information has been given to the state agency;

(v) There is evidence that laboratory personnel have falsified reports, violated confidentiality in reporting, or are negligent in receiving, processing, and reporting results on specimens submitted for testing.

(b) When the state agency has sufficient evidence to indicate that the laboratory should not continue to operate under the conditions of its license, the state agency shall issue notice that a hearing shall be made before it. All hearings shall be conducted as a contested case under the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act, W.S. 16-3-101 to 16-3-115.

(c) Hearings shall be held twenty-one (21) days after the notice of hearing is made, in writing, to the laboratory director and/or owner.

(d) The state agency shall render its decision within ten (10) days after the hearing. At that time, the state agency shall enter its order pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act. The state agency may:

(i) Dismiss the proceedings;

(ii) Revoke or annul the license;

(iii) Suspend the license for some specific period of time or until some condition is met;

(iv) Limit the license;

(v) Recommend that legal action be taken pursuant to W.S. W.S. W.S. 33-34-109.

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