Prevent Diminished Standards for Clinical Lab Practitioners

• 2004: To ensure public protection, the Legislature established 3 new licensed professions in the field of clinical laboratory technology, licensed by SED
  
  
• 16,000 individuals have met appropriate education and examination standards and have been licensed in accordance with the law.
  
  
• The Executive Budget proposal to establish a separate DOH certification program for "clinical laboratory specialists" may enable unlicensed individuals to practice without the same rigorous standards and disciplinary accountability established in law for Clinical Laboratory Technology.
  
  
• Legislature has determined licensure is necessary for public protection.

Creation of an alternate standard for practice would undermine current law.