M-9.1 REG 1 MEDICAL LABORATORY LICENSING
(j) .quality assurance program. means an organized system forcontinuously studying the processes and activities of a medical laboratory forthe purpose of ensuring that those processes and activities meet acceptable standards;
(k) .Saskatchewan health services number. means the number assigned by the department for the purpose of administering The Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act and The Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act;
(l) .satellite laboratory. means a medical laboratory affiliated with a main laboratory:
(i) that is in a category established pursuant to section 6 other than Category I, II or XI; and
(ii) the manager of which is responsible for the satellite laboratory.
(2) For the purposes of subclause 2(e)(iv) of the Act and in these regulations, laboratories and portions of laboratories that are used exclusively for medical or scientific research are not medical laboratories.
onsultation by board
3(1) The board shall consult with and consider the recommendations of the minister and the council on all matters that come before it with respect to:
(a) the issuance of licences;
(b) the imposition of terms and conditions of licences;
(c) the suspension, amendment or cancellation of licences; and
(d) the establishment and regulation of quality assurance programs.
(2) The board may consult with the council on any matter that comes before the board, and the council may refer any matter on which it is consulted to a committee of the college.