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Substitute House Bill No. 6733

Public Act No. 23-31 16 of 74

condition of licensure, the commissioner may require the applicant to sign a consent order providing reasonable assurances of compliance with federal and state laws and regulations. The commissioner may deny licensure of an applicant if the commissioner determines that the applicant has previously failed to comply with federal and state laws and regulations or that licensure would pose a threat to the health, safety and well-being of the public. Licensure pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be effective until the applicant receives notice of such licensure, including the effective date and term of such licensure, from the department. [(d)] (f) A nonrefundable fee of two hundred dollars shall accompany each application for a license or for renewal thereof, except in the case of a clinical laboratory owned and operated by a municipality, the state, the United States or any agency of said municipality, state or United States. Each license shall be issued for a period of not less than twenty- four [nor more than twenty-seven] months. [from the deadline for applications established by the commissioner.] Renewal applications shall be made [(1)] biennially within the [twenty-fourth] twentieth month of the current license. [; (2) before any change in ownership or change in director is made; and (3) prior to any major expansion or alteration in quarters.] Any change in ownership of an entity licensed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be made in compliance with section 19a-493. If any such entity changes its director, it shall notify the commissioner in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. If any such entity intends to expand or alter its facility, it shall notify the commissioner in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner prior to such expansion or alteration. The licensed clinical laboratory shall report to the Department of Public Health, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, the name and address of each [blood] specimen collection facility owned and operated by the clinical laboratory, prior to the issuance of a new license, prior to the issuance of a renewal license or whenever a [blood] specimen collection