Florida Administrative Code
64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
64B3 - Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
Chapter 64B3-5 - QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE
Section 64B3-5.004 - Technician

(1) General Qualifications. 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 laboratory technician, which includes the categories of microbiology, serology/immunology, chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, histology, molecular pathology, andrology and embryology, the applicant 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.

(2) All applicants for a Technician license must satisfy the requirements for Moderate Complexity Testing under CLIA Amendments, 42 C.F.R. §493.1423 effective January 19, 1993, which is incorporated by reference herein and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08713, or http://www.gpo.gov.fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title42-vol5/pdf/CFR-2011-title42-vol5-1423.pdf. Technicians performing high complexity testing as defined in 42 C.F.R. §493.5 effective April 24, 1995, which is incorporated by reference herein and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08714, or http://www.gpo.gov.fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title42-vol5/pdf/CFR-2011-title42-vol5.pdf and 42 C.F.R. §493.17, effective January 19, 1993, which is incorporated by reference herein and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08715, or http://www.gpo.gov.fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title42-vol5/pdf/CFR-2011-title42-vol5.pdf, and who have been licensed after September 1, 1997, shall meet the minimum educational and training qualifications provided in 42 C.F.R. §493.1489, effective April 24, 1995, which is incorporated by reference herein and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-08712, or http://www.gpo.gov.fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title42-vol5/pdf/CFR-2011-title42-vol5-sec493-1489.pdf, incorporated herein by reference, including a minimum of an associate degree in laboratory science, medical laboratory technology, or equivalent education and training.

(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.