The purpose of the rule amendment is to clarify and define the requirements for licensure as a technician. Also, the reference to “one hour of Board approved HIV/AIDS continuing education” is being deleted because that requirement is already set ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B3-5.004: Technician
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the rule amendment is to clarify and define the requirements for licensure as a technician. Also, the reference to “one hour of Board approved HIV/AIDS continuing education” is being deleted because that requirement is already set forth in Rule 64B3-11.005, F.A.C.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule clarifies the requirements for obtaining a technician’s licensure in the specialties of Andrology, Embryology, and Molecular Pathology.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
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(4), 483.811(2), 483.823 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 381.0034, 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 FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Joe Baker, Jr., 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:

 

64B3-5.004 Technician.

(1) General Qualifications. 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 to be licensed as a laboratory technician, which includes the categories of microbiology, serology/immunology, chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, histology, molecular pathology, andrology and embryology, an applicant shall have one hour of Board approved HIV/AIDS continuing education, 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.

(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.

 

Specialty	Option	Education	Training/Experience	Examination
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) Andrology, Embryology	1		Approved clinical/medical laboratory training program	MLT(AAB) for specialty sought
	2	Bachelors Degree	Six months of pertinent clinical laboratory experience Five years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience	MLT(AAB) for specialty sought
	3	Bachelors Degree Associate Degree	Five years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience Six months of pertinent clinical laboratory experience	MLT(AAB) for specialty sought
(d) Molecular Pathology	1	High school diploma or high school equivalent	Licensed clinical laboratory technologist or technician in any specialty area	MLT(AAB) Molecular Diagnostics Examination

 

SpecificAuthority 483.805(4), 483.811(2), 483.823 FS. Law Implemented 381.0034, 483.800, 483.809, 483.811(2), 483.815, 483.823 FS. History–New 12-6-94, Amended 7-12-95, 12-4-95, Formerly 59O-5.004, Amended 5-26-98, 9-20-98, 1-11-99, 8-31-99, 9-27-00, 12-26-00, 4-29-02, 10-29-02, 2-11-03, 4-20-04, 2-23-06, 5-25-06,________.

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: March 02, 2007
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: May 25, 2007.