Objectives

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• Identify licensees who may now interpret clinical laboratory test results.
• Specify clinical laboratory personnel who may consult in the areas of infection control and epidemiology and administer intradermal skin tests and vaccines.
• Define “direct supervision.”

Scope of practice of licensure         

• Distinguish between responsibilities that a laboratory director may or may not delegate to licensed supervisors.
• Specify how frequently supervisors must evaluate and document the performance of personnel doing testing.
• Identify what is required when a supervisor delegates a task to a licensed technologist.
• Distinguish between responsibilities of licensed technologists and licensed technicians.

Responsibilities of clinical laboratory personnel

• Specify notifications that must be provided to the Board.

Notifications

• Define negligence.

Violation of rules

• Identify how to satisfy the Board rule that licensees earn one contact hour on the laws and rules of the Board each renewal cycle.
• Specify how to surrender licensure in a category.
• Identify the number of days within which continuing education providers must report course completions to CE Broker.
• Indicate course completion reporting requirements to CE Broker for approved providers and national organizations.
• Review the procedure for renewing a clinical laboratory license.

Continuing education        

• List penalties that the Board may impose.
• Identify the only licensee among 16 actual cases whose license was revoked.
• Specify the penalty for being unable to perform the duties of a clinical laboratory scientist by reason of use of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, or chemicals.
• Differentiate between disciplinary procedures that the Board may impose and citation violations.

Disciplinary guidelines