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[CITE: 42USC263a-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
   Part F--Licensing of Biological Products and Clinical Laboratories
 
                    subpart 2--clinical laboratories
 
Sec. 263a-4. Certification revocation and suspension


(a) In general

    A certification issued by a State or an accreditation organization 
for an embryo laboratory shall be revoked or suspended if the State or 
organization finds, on the basis of inspections and after reasonable 
notice and opportunity for hearing to the owner or operator of the 
laboratory, that the owner or operator or any employee of the 
laboratory--
        (1) has been guilty of misrepresentation in obtaining the 
    certification,
        (2) has failed to comply with any standards under section 263a-2 
    of this title applicable to the certification, or
        (3) has refused a request of the State or accreditation 
    organization for permission to inspect the laboratory, its 
    operations, and records.

(b) Effect

    If the certification of an embryo laboratory is revoked or 
suspended, the certification of the laboratory shall continue in effect 
for 60 days after the laboratory receives notice of the revocation or 
suspension. If the certification of an embryo laboratory is revoked or 
suspended, the laboratory may apply for recertification after one year 
after the date of the revocation or suspension.

(Pub. L. 102-493, Sec. 5, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3150.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and 
Certification Act of 1992, and not as part of the Public Health Service 
Act which comprises this chapter.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective upon expiration of 2 years after Oct. 24, 1992, 
see section 9 of Pub. L. 102-493, set out as a note under section 263a-1 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 263a-6, 263a-7 of this 
title.
