(1)  The Director of Public Health may approve laboratories for the purposes of carrying out analyses under this Act.

(2)  A person providing or intending to provide analysis services at a laboratory may, on payment of the approved fee, make an application, in the approved form, to the Director of Public Health for an approval of the laboratory under this Division.

(3)  The Director of Public Health may, after considering an application for approval –

(a) grant the application, with or without conditions; or

(b) refuse the application.

(4)  If the Director of Public Health grants an application for approval, he or she must issue the applicant with a written approval that sets out the conditions, if any, to which the approval is subject.

(5)  If the Director of Public Health refuses an application for approval, he or she must give notice of the refusal in writing to the applicant setting out the reasons for the refusal.