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64B3-10.005: Scope of Practice Relative to Specialty of Licensure
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Daniel Sauerteig on May 25, 2010. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement published on June 4, 2010, in Vol. 36, No. 22, of the Florida Administrative Weekly. The petition seeks the Board’s interpretation of subsection 64B3-10.005(7), F.A.C., entitled, “Scope of Practice Relative to Specialty of Licensure,” asking if the performance of hemoglobinopathy is within the scope of practice of a supervisor licensed only in the specialty of clinical chemistry. The Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel considered the Petition at its meeting held on August 13, 2010, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Board’s Order filed on September 3, 2010, stated that the Board’s opinion is hemoglobinopathy testing using electrophoretic or chromatographic methods is within the scope of practice of a person licensed only in the specialty of clinical chemistry.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Bruce Deterding, Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.