Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) In addition to the requirements of
37-34-303,
MCA, applicants for licensure shall meet the following additional
qualifications:
(a) Applicants for a license
as a clinical laboratory scientist must have graduated from an accredited
college or university with a baccalaureate degree with at least 36 semester or
54 quarter hours in the physical and biological sciences. The applicant must
also have passed a generalists examination offered by a national certifying
body for clinical laboratory scientists.
(b) Applicants for a license as a clinical
laboratory specialist must have graduated from an accredited college or
university with a baccalaureate degree with at least 36 semester or 54 quarter
hours in the physical and biological sciences. The applicant must also have
passed a specialist examination offered by a national certifying body for
clinical laboratory specialists. The following are areas of clinical laboratory
science for which the board will grant a specialist's license:
(i) clinical chemistry;
(ii) hematology;
(iii) microbiology;
(iv) cytology;
(v) immunohematology;
(vi) cytogenetics; and
(vii) molecular biology.
(c) Applicants for a license as a clinical
laboratory technician must have graduated with an associate degree or possess
60 semester or 90 quarter hours in a science-related discipline, or completed a
military medical laboratory training program of at least 12 months in duration.
The applicant must also have passed a technician examination offered by a
national certifying body for clinical laboratory science technicians.
(2) Examinations administered by
the following national certification agencies are approved by the board:
(a) American Association of Clinical Chemists
(AACC);
(b) American Medical
Technologist (AMT);
(c) American
Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP);
(d) American Society for Microbiology
(ASM);
(e) International Society
for Clinical Laboratory Technology (ISCLT);
(f) American Board of Medical Genetics
(ABMG);
(g) National Registry of
Certified Chemists (NRCC);
(h)
National Certification Agency (NCA); or
(i) American Association of Bioanalysts
(AAB).
(3) Applicants
holding valid licensure to practice in another state or jurisdiction shall
submit verifications from all states where the applicant has held or holds a
license.
(4) Foreign-trained
applicants shall be required to use an evaluation of educational background
performed by the World Education Services (WES) or another evaluating entity
approved by the board.
AUTH:
37-1-131,
37-34-201,
MCA IMP:
37-1-131,
37-34-303,
MCA
