13Approval where there is a State accreditation system

13 Approval where there is a State accreditation system

(1) This section applies if the State in which the premises are located has an accreditation system under which pathology laboratories may obtain accreditation for the rendering of pathology services of the kind to which the application relates. (2) When making a decision under section 23DN of the Act, the Minister must consider, in relation to the premises, the following matters: (b) if the premises have State accreditation, the services for which the accreditation is granted, the basis on which the accreditation was conferred and the period for which the accreditation operates; and