Laboratory Personnel Requirements Under Clia '88

Course overview

This course addresses the personnel requirements for the physician office laboratory as stipulated by CLIA '88 regulations. Included in the discussion are the requirements for waived laboratories, provider performed microscopy (PPM) laboratories, moderate complexity laboratories, and high complexity laboratories. Each role in the lab is defined by educational and experiential requirements, and is further enhanced by an examination of the responsibilities of that role. At the end of this course the learner will be able to identify all the required roles for waived, PPM, moderate and high complexity laboratories, and will be able to verify that all CLIA '88 requirements are being met in his or her laboratory.