Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLC and Miami Beach Healthcare Group, LTD. d/b/a Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.; The petition seeks the Board’s interpretation of subsection 64B3-2.003(19), F.A.C., and whether non-licensed personnel could, ...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

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64B3-2.003: Definitions
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has received the petition for declaratory statement from Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLC and Miami Beach Healthcare Group, LTD. d/b/a Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of subsection 64B3-2.003(19), F.A.C., as it applies to the petitioner.
The petition seeks the Board’s interpretation of subsection 64B3-2.003(19), F.A.C., and whether non-licensed personnel could, consistent with the last sentence of subsection 64B3-2.003(19), F.A.C., introduce a whole blood specimen into a Biosite Triage® testing cartridge for cardiac markers, which specimen would subsequently be placed in the analyzer by personnel licensed under Chapter 64B3, Florida Administrative Code, or authorized under paragraph 59A-7034(5)(a), Florida Administrative Code.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.