64B3-2.003: Definitions
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Boards proposed amendment will define and specify that experience acquired as a part as a training program may not be used as pertinent clinical laboratory experience.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Definitions.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 483.805(4), 483.811(2) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 483.803, 483.811, 483.821, 483.823 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: July 20, 2007, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: The Sheraton Suites, 311 N. University Drive, Plantation, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least five days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: the Boards Call Center at (850)488-0595. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
64B3-2.003 Definitions.
(1) through (18) No change.
(19) Manual Pretesting procedures means collecting and labeling specimens; initially separating specimens by centrifugation prior to testing; receiving specimens and requisitions, processing, sorting, accessioning, prior to testing and delivering specimens to the appropriate testing sites; specimen processing for storage and shipping to a reference laboratory; routine hematology and microbiology slide preparation from a primary sample; loading automated stainers; loading specimens onto automated sampling or processing systems; prepare monolayer slides for cytology; cytopreparatory staining; measuring and aliquoting specimens; and direct primary inoculation of microbiology cultures. Placement of specimens onto an automated instrument or system is considered a manual pretesting duty, provided it does not include any activity that initiates the analytic process.
Specific Authority 483.805(4), 483.811(2) FS. Law Implemented 483.803, 483.811, 483.821, 483.823 FS. HistoryNew 11-4-93, Formerly 61F3-2.003, Amended 11-21-94, 11-30-94, 12-26-94, 5-3-95, 7-12-95, Formerly 59O-2.003, Amended 3-19-98, 12-13-98, 3-28-99, 9-12-99, 11-15-99, 3-24-02, 10-30-02, 2-1-04, 1-8-06, 8-14-06,_________.
