The Board proposes the rule amendment to update the requirements for a technologist.

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
64B3-5.003: Technologist

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to update the requirements for a technologist.

SUMMARY: The requirements for a technologist will be updated.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION: During discussion of the economic impact of the rule at its Board meeting, the Board, based upon the expertise and experience of its members, determined that a Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost (SERC) was not necessary and that the rule amendment will not require ratification by the Legislature. No person or interested party submitted additional information regarding the economic impact at that time. The Board has determined that this rule will not have an adverse impact on small business, or likely increase regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within 1 year after implementation of the rule.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding the statement of estimated costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower regulatory cost alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 483.805(4), 483.811(2), 483.823 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 381.0034(3), 483.800, 483.809, 483.811(2), 483.815, 483.823 FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE 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:

64B3-5.003 Technologist.

(1) Technologist Qualifications. Degrees or semester hours of academic credit required in this section shall be obtained at a regionally accredited college or university or, if foreign education, equated pursuant to subsection 64B3-6.002(6), F.A.C. Applicants for technologist licensure in the categories of microbiology, serology/immunology, chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, histocompatibility, blood banking, cytology, cytogenetics, histology, molecular pathology, andrology and embryology shall have a Board approved 2-hour course relating to the prevention of medical errors, which shall include root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety, and such applicants shall complete an one hour educational course acceptable to the Department on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

(2) No change.

(3) In addition, at least one of the following requirements must be met for specific areas of licensure. In some cases there are multiple options for meeting the requirement.

(a) Microbiology, Serology/Immunology, Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immunohematology, Molecular Pathology.

 

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, or Biological Science	1	Clinical laboratory training program or 3 years experience with a minimum of 6 months in each specialty for which licensure is sought	MT(ASCP) MT(AMT) MT(AAB) NRCC examinations or specialist examinations in single discipline for licensure in that specialty area
90 semester hours college credit	2	Clinical laboratory training program	MT(ASCP) MT(AMT) MT(AAB) or specialist examinations in single discipline for licensure in that specialty area
Associate Degree in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technology	3	as required by certifying body	MT(AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
Associate Degree	4a	Successfully completed a Department of Defense clinical laboratory training program	MT(AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
	4b	5 years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience with one year of experience in each specialty area for which licensure is sought	MT(AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area

 

(b) Blood Banking.

(Donor Processing)

 

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Medical Technology	1	as required by certifying body	MT(ASCP) BB(ASCP) SBB(ASCP) MT(AAB) MT(AMT)
Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, or Biological Science	1	Medical Technology Training program or Board approved training program in Blood Banking or 3 years experience in clinical laboratory experience in the areas of Chemistry, Serology/Immunology, Hematology, and Immunohematology and Blood Banking	MT(ASCP) BB(ASCP) SBB(ASCP) MT(AAB) MT(AMT)

 

(c) Cytology.

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
as required by certifying body	1	as required by certifying body	CT(ASCP)

 

(d) Cytogenetics

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
Bachelors Degree (or higher) with 36 hours of academic science	1	Board approved training program in cytogenetics at the technologist level or 1 year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience in cytogenetics	CG(ASCP)

 

(e) Molecular Pathology

 

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
Bachelors Degree (or higher) with 16 semester hours of academic science	1	as required by certifying body	MB(ASCP) or MT(AAB) Molecular Diagnostics examination CHT(ABHI)
as required by certifying body	2	One year pertinent clinical laboratory experience in molecular pathology	MB(ASCP) or MT(AAB) Molecular Diagnostics examination or CHT(ABHI)

 

(f) Andrology, Embryology

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
Bachelors Degree (or higher) with 24 semester hours of academic science	1	Board approved training program in Andrology/Embryology or 1 year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience	MT(AAB) Andrology/Embryology examination
Associate Degree	2	3 years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience	MT(AAB) Andrology/ Embryology examination

 

(g) Histology

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
Associate Degree (or higher)	1	NAACLS-approved Histotechnology Program	HT(ASCP)
as required by certifying body	2	as required by certifying body	HTL(ASCP) or HT(ASCP)QIHC
as required by certifying body	3a	5 years of pertinent experience and 48 contact hours of continuing education in immunohistochemistry/advanced histologic techniques	HT(ASCP)
	3b	5 years of pertinent experience and 48 contact hours of continuing education in immunohistochemistry/advanced histologic techniques, and licensure as a technician in the specialty of histology	Not required

 

(h) Histocompatibility

Education	Option	Training/Experience	Certification
as required by certifying body	1	as required by certifying body	CHT(ABHI)

 

Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(a) Microbiology, Serology/ Immunology, Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immunohematology, and Molecular Pathology	1	Bachelors Degree in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, or Biological Science	Clinical laboratory training program or 3 years experience (1 year in each specialty for which licensure is sought)	MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), MT(AMT), MT(AAB), NRCC examinations, or specialist examinations in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
	2	90 semester hours college credit	Clinical laboratory training program	MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), MT(AMT), MT(AAB) examinations, or specialist examinations in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
	3	Associate Degree in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technology		MT(AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
	4	Associate Degree	Successfully completed a military clinical laboratory training program of at least 1500 clock hours	MT(AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
	5	Associate Degree	5 years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience with one year of experience in each category for which licensure is sought	MT(AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(b) Blood Banking (Donor Processing)	1	Bachelors Degree in Medical Technology		MT(ASCP), BB(ASCP), SBB(ASCP), CLS(NCA), MT(AAB), MT(AMT)
	2	Bachelors Degree in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, or Biological Science	Medical Technology Training program or board approved training program in Blood Banking	MT(ASCP), BB(ASCP), SBB(ASCP), CLS(NCA), MT(AAB), MT(AMT)
	3	Bachelors Degree in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, or Biological Science	Three years experience in medical technology, with a minimum of one year in the areas of Chemistry, Serology/Immunology, Hematology, and Immunohematology	MT(ASCP), BB(ASCP), SBB(ASCP), CLS(NCA), MT(AAB), MT(AMT)
Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(c) Cytology	1			CT(ASCP)
Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(d) Cytogenetics	1	Bachelors Degree with 36 hours of academic science	Board approved training program in cytogenetics at the technologist level	CLS(NCA) Cytogenetics examination
	2	Bachelors Degree with 36 hours of academic science	One year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience in cytogenetics	CLS(NCA) Cytogenetics examination
Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(e) Molecular Pathology	1	Bachelors Degree with 16 semester hours of academic science		CLS(NCA) Molecular Pathology examination, MBP(ASCP) or MT(AAB) Molecular Diagnostics examination
Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(f) Andrology, Embryology	1	Bachelors Degree with 24 semester hours of academic science	Board approved training program in andrology/embryology	MT(AAB) Andrology/ Embryology examination
	2	Bachelors Degree with 24 semester hours of academic science	One year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience	MT(AAB) Andrology/ Embryology examination
	3	Associate Degree	Three years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience	MT(AAB) Andrology/ Embryology examination
Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(g) Histology	1			HTL(ASCP), or HT(ASCP)QIHC
	2	Associate Degree	NAACLS-approved Histotechnology Program	HT(ASCP)
	3		Five years of pertinent experience and 48 contact hours of continuing education  in immunohistochemistry/ advanced histologic techniques	HT(ASCP)
	4		Five years of pertinent experience and 48 contact hours of continuing education in immunohistochemistry/ advanced histologic techniques and licensure as a technician in the specialty of histology
Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(h) Histocompatibility	1			CHT(ABHI)

 

Rulemaking Authority 483.805(4), 483.811(2), 483.823 FS. Law Implemented 381.0034(3), 483.800, 483.809, 483.811(2), 483.815, 483.823 FS. History–New 12-6-94, Amended 7-12-95, 9-10-95, 12-4-95, Formerly 59O-5.003, Amended 5-26-98, 1-11-99, 7-5-01, 3-24-02, 10-29-02, 8-16-04, 5-15-05, 12-19-05, 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: October 18, 2011

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: October 28, 2011