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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 2, 2024) |
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64. Department of Health |
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64B3. Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel |
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64B3-5. Qualifications For Licensure |
1(1) Technologist Qualifications. Degrees or semester hours of academic credit required in this section shall be obtained at an accredited college or university recognized by the United States Department of Education or, if foreign education, equated pursuant to subsection 4064B3-6.002(6), 41F.A.C. Degrees not in a chemical or biological science must be reviewed by the board pursuant to subsection 5964B3-6.002(8), 60F.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 complete a one hour educational course acceptable to the Board on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome or provide an affidavit that the course will be completed within six (6) months of licensure.
121(2) All applicants for a Technologist license must satisfy the requirements for High Complexity Testing under CLIA Amendments, 13942 C.F.R. §493.1489 142effective April 24, 1995, which is incorporated by reference and adopted herein and available at http://www.gpo.gov.fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title42-vol5/pdf/CFR-2011-title42-vol5-sec493-1489.pdf or at 160http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08712162.
163(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.
192(a) Microbiology, Serology/Immunology, Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immunohematology. A Generalist Technologist license includes the specialties of microbiology, serology/immunology, clinical chemistry, hematology, and immunohematology.
214Education
215Option
216Training/Experience
217Certification
218Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, or Biological Science
2291
230NAACLS approved Clinical laboratory training program
236MLS (ASCP),
238MT (ASCP240i241),
242MT (AMT),
244MT (AAB)
246NRCC examinations in single discipline for licensure in that specialty area
257National certifying body categorial examinations in single discipline for licensure in that specialty area
271Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, Biological Science, or Bachelors Degree with 24 semester hours of academic science including 6 semester hours of biological sciences and 6 semester hours of chemical sciences
3052
306Clinical laboratory training program, 310or 3 years pertinent clinical laboratory 316experience with a minimum of 6 months in each specialty for which licensure is sought
33190 semester hours college credit with 24 semester hours of academic science including 6 semester hours of biological sciences and 6 semester hours of chemical sciences
3573
358Clinical laboratory training program
362MLS (ASCP),
364MT (ASCP366i367),
368MT (AMT),
370MT (AAB), or specialist examinations in single discipline for licensure in that specialty area
384Associate Degree in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technology
3904
391Clinical laboratory training program
395MLS (ASCP),
397MT (ASCP399i400),
401MT (AMT),
403MT (AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
418Associate Degree including 6 semester hours of academic biological sciences and 6 semester hours of academic chemical sciences
4365a
437Successfully completed a Department of Defense clinical laboratory training program
447MT (AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
4625b
4635 years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience with one year of experience in each specialty area for which licensure is sought
484MT (AAB) examinations, including specialist examinations, in single disciplines for licensure in that specialty area
499(b) Blood Banking
502(Donor Processing)
504Education
505Option
506Training/Experience
507Certification
508Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, or Biological Science
5191
520NAACLS approved Clinical laboratory training program
526MLS (ASCP),
528MT (ASCP530i531),
532BB (ASCP),
534SBB (ASCP),
536MT (AAB),
538MT (AMT)
540Bachelors Degree (or higher) in Medical Technology with 24 semester hours of academic science including 6 semester hours of biological sciences and 6 semester hours of chemical sciences
5682
569As required by certifying body
574Bachelors Degree
576(or higher) in Clinical Laboratory, Chemical, Biological Science, or Bachelors Degree with
58824 semester hours of academic science including 6 semester hours of biological sciences and 6 semester hours of chemical sciences
6083a
6093 years pertinent clinical laboratory experience
6153b
616Clinical laboratory training program
620(c) Cytology.
622Education
623Option
624Training/Experience
625Certification
626as required by certifying body
6311
632As required by certifying body
637CT (ASCP)
639(d) Cytogenetics.
641Education
642Option
643Training/Experience
644Certification
645Bachelors Degree (or higher) with 30 hours of academic science
6551
656Board approved training program in cytogenetics at the technologist level or 1 year of pertinent clinical laboratory experience in cytogenetics
676CG (ASCP)
678(e) Molecular Pathology.
681Education
682Option
683Training/Experience
684Certification
685Bachelors Degree (or higher) with 16 semester hours of academic science
6961
697As required by certifying body
702· 703MB (ASCP) or
706· 707MT (AAB) Molecular Diagnostics examination
712· 713CHT (ABHI)
715· 716MDT (AMT)
718as required by certifying body
7232
724One year pertinent clinical laboratory experience in molecular pathology
733· 734MB (ASCP) or
737· 738MT (AAB) Molecular Diagnostics examination or
744· 745CHT (ABHI)
747· 748MDT (AMT)
750(f) Andrology, Embryology.
753Education
754Option
755Training/Experience
756Certification
757Bachelors Degree (or higher) with 24 semester hours of academic science including 6 semester hours of academic biological sciences and 6 semester hours of academic chemical sciences
7841
785As required by certifying body
790MT (AAB) Andrology/Embryology examination
794Associate Degree including 6 semester hours of academic biological sciences and 6 semester hours of academic chemical sciences
8122
813As required by certifying body
818MT (AAB) Andrology/Embryology examination
822(g) Histology.
824Education
825Option
826Training/Experience
827Certification
828Associate Degree (or higher)
8321
833NAACLS-approved Histotechnology Program
836HT (ASCP)
838as required by certifying body
8432a
844As required by certifying body
849HTL (ASCP)
85160 semester hours 12 hours chemical/biological science
8582b
859Board approved training program
863HT (ASCP)
865As required by certifying body
8702c
8713 years of pertinent experience as Florida licensed histology technician or equivalent
883HT (ASCP) QIHC
886as required by certifying body
8913a
8925 years of pertinent experience, and 89848 contact hours of continuing education in immunohistochemistry/advanced histologic techniques
908HT (ASCP)
9103b
9115 years of pertinent experience, and 48 contact hours of continuing education in immunohistochemistry/advanced histologic techniques, and Florida licensure as a technician in the specialty of histology
938Not required
940(h) Histocompatibility.
942Education
943Option
944Training/Experience
945Certification
946as required by certifying body
9511
952As required by certifying body
957CH958T (ABHI)
960Rulemaking Authority 962483.805(4), 963483.811(2), 964483.823 FS. 966Law Implemented 968381.0034(3), 969483.809, 970483.811(2), 971483.823 FS. 973History–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, 1-30-12, 2-7-13, 10-3-13, 4-5-15, 6-16-15, 10-17-17, 4-18-18, 7-9-18, 4-3-19, 5-25-20, 2-16-21, 5-26-21, 12-6-21.
