§ 52.38 Clinical laboratory technology.
In addition to meeting all applicable provisions of this Part, to be registered as a program recognized as leading to licensure as a clinical laboratory technologist, which meets the requirements of section 79-13.1 of this Title, the program shall:
- be a program in clinical laboratory technology leading to a bachelor's degree or higher degree or post-baccalaureate advanced certificate, the combination of which contains didactic and clinical education that integrates pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical components of laboratory services, which shall include:
- coursework, which may include a laboratory component, in each of the following subject areas or their equivalent as determined by the department:
- clinical chemistry;
- clinical microscopy, including urine and body fluids analysis;
- immunology/serology;
- immunohematology (transfusion medicine);
- hematology/hemostasis;
- molecular biology or cell biology or genetics;
- clinical microbiology, including bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology;
- mathematics or statistics; and
- laboratory operations, including, but not limited to, quality control, quality assurance, equipment maintenance, record keeping, laboratory procedures, and safety; and
- a supervised clinical experience of at least 500 clock hours of clinical laboratory technologist practice, which, at a minimum, provides each student with clinical experience in hematology/hemostasis, clinical chemistry, immunohematology, urinalysis/body fluids analysis, clinical microbiology, and immunology; or
- coursework, which may include a laboratory component, in each of the following subject areas or their equivalent as determined by the department:
- be a program that leads to a bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory technology, or an appropriate clinical education program that has at least a bachelor's degree as an admissions requirement, and that meets accreditation standards as a clinical laboratory technology program (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.