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§ 52.40 Clinical laboratory technician

In addition to meeting all applicable provisions of this Part, to be registered as a program recognized as leading to certification as a clinical laboratory technician, which meets the requirements of section 79-15.1 of this Title, the program shall:

  1. be a clinical laboratory technician program leading to an associate's or higher degree which contains didactic and clinical education that integrates pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical components of laboratory services that shall include:
    1. coursework, which may include a laboratory component, in each of the following subject areas or their equivalent as determined by the department:
      1. inorganic chemistry;
      2. clinical chemistry;
      3. physiology, with anatomy content;
      4. microbiology, including clinical microbiology;
      5. immunology and serology;
      6. hematology/hemostasis;
      7. clinical microscopy, including body fluids;
      8. immunohematology;
      9. mathematics or statistics; and,
      10. laboratory operations, including, but not limited to, quality control, quality assurance, equipment maintenance, record keeping, laboratory procedures, and safety; and
    2. include a supervised clinical experience of at least 300 clock hours of clinical laboratory technician practice, which provides each student with clinical experience that includes but is not limited to: hematology, hemostasis, immunohematology, immunology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis/body fluids, and clinical microbiology; or
  2. be a program that leads to an associate degree in clinical laboratory technician, or an appropriate clinical education program that has at least an associate's degree as an admissions requirement, and that meets accreditation standards as a clinical laboratory technician (or similarly named) program, from a national accrediting organization acceptable to the department. For programs in the process of obtaining accreditation, in addition to maintaining compliance with all applicable provisions of this Part, continued registration of the program will be contingent upon the demonstration of adequate progress towards full accreditation as determined by the department. For accredited programs, in addition to maintaining compliance with all applicable provisions of this Part, re-registration will be contingent upon maintaining accreditation status.