The Board proposes the rule amendment to update the examinations for clinical laboratory personnel.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

Rule No.: RULE TITLE
64B3-5.002: Supervisor
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to update the examinations for clinical laboratory personnel.
SUMMARY: Examinations for clinical laboratory personnel will be updated.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board has determined that the proposed rule amendments will not have an adverse impact on small business, nor will the proposed rule amendments be likely to directly or indirectly increase regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate in this state within 1 year after the implementation of the rule.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 483.805, 483.823 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 483.823 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Bruce Deterding, Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

64B3-5.002 Supervisor.

Qualifications and Responsibilities.

(1) Qualification. Degrees or semester hours of academic credit required in this section shall be obtained at a regionally accredited college or university or by foreign education equated pursuant to subsection 64B3-6.002(6), F.A.C. In order Tto be licensed as a supervisor, an applicant shall be licensed or meet the requirements for licensure as a technologist, have a Board approved 2-hour course relating to the prevention of medical errors, which shall include root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, patient safety, complete an educational course acceptable to the Department on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and one of the following:

 

Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(a) Microbiology, Serology/ Immunology, Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immunohematology, Blood Banking (Donor Processing), and Cytogenetics	1	Doctoral Degree in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical or Biological Science	One year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience in the category in which licensure is sought, and 25 hours of Board-approved continuing education in supervision and administration
	2	Doctoral Degree in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical or Biological Science	One year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience in the category in which licensure is sought	DLM(ASCP) or CLSup(NCA) for all categories, SC(ASCP) for clinical chemistry, SH(ASCP) for hematology and SBB(ASCP) for blood banking and immunohematology
	3	Masters Degree in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical or Biological Science	Three years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience, with at least 1 year experience in the category in which licensure is sought, and 25 hours of Board-approved continuing education in supervision and administration
	4	Masters Degree in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical or Biological Science	Three years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience, with at least 1 year experience in the category in which licensure is sought	DLM(ASCP) or CLSup(NCA) for all categories, SC(ASCP) for clinical chemistry, SH(ASCP) for hematology and SBB(ASCP) for blood banking and immunohematology
	5	Bachelors Degree with 24 semester hours of academic science including 8 semester hours of biological sciences and 8 semester hours of chemical sciences	Five years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience, with at least 2 years experience at the Technologist level, and at least 1 year experience in the category in which licensure is sought, and 25 hours of Board-approved continuing education in supervision and administration
	6	Bachelors Degree with 24 semester hours of academic science including 8 semester hours of biological sciences and 8 semester hours of chemical sciences	Five years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience, with at least 2 years experience at the Technologist level, and at least 1 year experience in the category in which licensure is sought	DLM(ASCP) or CLSup(NCA) for all categories, SC(ASCP) for clinical chemistry, SH(ASCP) for hematology and SBB(ASCP) for blood banking and immunohematology
Specialty (b) through (f) No change.	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination

 

(2) In lieu of one year of experience required by subsection 64B3-5.002(1), F.A.C., an applicant may use Board certification obtained by examination in one or more of the laboratory specialties through the Board of Certification Registry of The American Society for Clinical Pathology, National Credentialing Agency of Laboratory Personnel, The National Registry of Certified Chemists, American Academy of Microbiology, American Medical Technologists, American Board of Bioanalysis, American Association of Bioanalysts, American Board of Clinical Chemistry, American Board of Medical Microbiology, American Board of Medical Genetics, American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology, or American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. This certification shall not substitute for the one year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience in an individual category for which licensure is sought.

(3) No change.

(4) The Board approved Supervision and Administration examinations, used in lieu of the required 25 hours of supervision and administration continuing education are:

(a) The Diplomate in Laboratory Management examination administered by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or the Clinical Laboratory Supervisor examination administered by the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) for all specialty areas,

(b) through (i) No change.

Rulemaking Authority 483.805(4), 483.823 FS. Law Implemented 381.0034(3), 483.800, 483.809, 483.815, 483.823 FS. History–New 12-6-94, Amended 7-12-95, 12-4-95, Formerly 59O-5.002, Amended 5-26-98, 1-11-99, 6-10-99, 3-11-01, 9-19-01, 5-23-02, 10-14-02, 9-16-03, 4-20-04, 2-23-06, 5-25-06, 7-9-07, 2-7-08, 6-17-09,_________.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: December 03, 2010
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: December 31, 2009