Sections
29 entriesSection 1260Requires the department to license clinical laboratory bioanalysts who hold a qualifying graduate degree, have four years of satisfactory scientist experience within…Section 1260.1Requires the department to issue a histocompatibility laboratory director’s license to each person who meets the qualifications specified in the referenced provision.…Section 1260.3Requires the department to license medical laboratory technicians who meet chapter and regulatory qualifications, apply on department forms, and pay the regulatory…Section 1261Requires the department to license qualifying clinical laboratory scientists and limited scientists, with a degree exception for certain scientist applicants based on…Section 1261.5Allows the department to create limited clinical laboratory scientist licenses in listed specialties or other needed areas and requires regulations identifying new…Section 1261.6Allows the department to issue a limited clinical laboratory scientist license in cytogenetics to a person with at least seven years of…Section 1262Requires examination before issuance of a clinical laboratory scientist or limited scientist license, while allowing a temporary license for an examination-eligible applicant…Section 1262.5Limits reexamination after repeated failures of the clinical laboratory or limited technologist written examination. Requires at least one year after a second…Section 1263Requires the department to license academically qualified individuals as trainees for clinical laboratory scientist or limited scientist licensure, including at least 90…Section 1264Requires the department to issue specified specialty laboratory licenses to applicants meeting stated degree, training, experience, examination, and application requirements, with additional…Section 1265Requires moderate- or high-complexity laboratories to obtain a license and waived or provider-performed-microscopy laboratories to register, generally separately for each location, subject…Section 1265.1Allows a primary care clinic applying for clinic licensure to submit a clinical-laboratory license or registration application before or at the same…Section 1265.2Defines “digital materials” as digital laboratory data, results, and images not requiring equipment essential to a separate laboratory. Allows a pathologist working…Section 1265.3Requires the department to consult federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by June 30, 2025, and determine by January 1, 2026,…Section 1266Requires a clinical laboratory to conspicuously post its clinical laboratory license and the license or current renewal permit of every person performing…Section 1267Requires any denial, suspension, or revocation of a clinical-laboratory license under the chapter to be conducted in compliance with the referenced Health…Section 1268Requires the department, upon application containing requested information and payment of the license fee, to issue a duplicate license to a person…Section 1269Allows qualified unlicensed laboratory personnel under required supervision to collect and handle specimens, assist licensed personnel, prepare reagents, and assist with maintenance…Section 1269.3Allows certified, competent pathologists’ assistants to perform specified gross surgical-specimen and postmortem work under a pathologist, with competency demonstrated before assignment, after…Section 1269.5Allows the department to deny, suspend, or revoke a license, registration, or certificate issued under the chapter when unlicensed laboratory personnel perform…Section 1270Prohibits performing cytological-slide examinations without a cytotechnologist license, subject to physician and surgeon exemption and transition rules for previously certified laboratory employees.…Section 1270.5Requires a cytotechnologist to file a renewal application and fee at least 30 days before expiration; nonpayment during that period causes automatic…Section 1271Limits cytotechnologists to 80 gynecologic slides per 24 hours for manual review, reduced for other duties; automated-screening slides requiring full manual review…Section 1271.1Requires licensed cytology laboratories that cease operation to preserve specified records, reports, slides, and cell blocks, and allows injured persons to recover…Section 1272Requires a clinical laboratory to participate in a state-approved proficiency testing program and demonstrate satisfactory performance in every laboratory specialty that includes…Section 1272.4Requires the department to establish standards for evaluating cytologic slides, reporting whether cytologic slides are adequate, a competency program for cytotechnologists, and…Section 1272.6Requires the department, by January 1, 1992, to develop or adopt a proficiency testing program for laboratories providing cytology services. The department…Section 1274Requires laboratories to document quarterly follow-up on specified high-grade or malignant cytology cases and keep that documentation for five years, reexamine prior…Section 1275Requires the department, by January 1, 1992, to develop continuing-education regulations after specified consultation and, beginning January 1, 1994, to require no…