(1) For the purposes of this Act, a test for COVID-19 shall be approved and carried out in a laboratory designated by the Minister.
(2) Where the Minister designates a laboratory under subsection (1), he or she shall, by Order published in the Gazette, specify the name of the laboratory and the test for COVID-19 approved under subsection (1).
(3) A test for COVID-19 carried out in Saint Lucia shall only be conducted at a laboratory designated under this section.