64B3-5.002: Supervisor
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes amendments for the academic qualifications of clinical laboratory personnel supervisors.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule amendments will clarify licensure requirements for clinical laboratory supervisors.
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), 483.823 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 381.0034, 483.800, 483.809, 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:
64B3-5.002 Supervisor.
Qualifications and Responsibilities.
(1) Qualification. 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 supervisor, an applicant shall be licensed or meet the requirements for licensure as a technologist, 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, and one of the following:
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(a) through (b) No change. |
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(c) Histology |
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Five years pertinent clinical laboratory experience in histology and 25 hours of Board-approved continuing education in supervision and administration within the previous 5 years. |
HTL (ASCP) |
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Five years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience post-certification and 48 hours of Board approved continuing education in supervision and administration within the previous five years. |
HT (ASCP) |
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Five years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience, 48 hours of Board-approved continuing education in supervision and administration within the previous 5 years, and licensure as a technologist in the specialty of histology. |
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Specific Authority 483.805(4), 483.823 FS. Law Implemented 381.0034, 483.800, 483.809, 483.815, 483.823 FS. History–New 12-6-94, Amended 7-12-95, 12-4-95, Formerly 59O-5.002, Amended 5-26-98, 1-11-99, 6-10-99, 3-11-01, 9-19-01, 5-23-02, 10-14-02, 9-16-03, 4-20-04, 2-23-06, 5-25-06,_________.