(1) The board shall prescribe minimal qualifications for clinical laboratory personnel and shall issue a license to any person who meets the minimum qualifications and who demonstrates that she or he possesses the character, training, and ability to qualify in those areas for which the license is sought.
(2) Personnel qualifications may require appropriate education, training, or experience or the passing of an examination in appropriate subjects or any combination of these, but a practitioner of the healing arts licensed to practice in this state is not required to obtain any license or to pay any fee under this part.
History.—s. 32, ch. 92-58; s. 444, ch. 97-103; s. 168, ch. 97-264; s. 102, ch. 2018-24.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 483 - Health Testing Services
Part I - Clinical Laboratory Personnel (Ss. 483.800-483.828)
483.800 - Declaration of policy and statement of purpose.
483.805 - Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
483.807 - Fees; establishment; disposition.
483.809 - Licensure; examinations; registration of trainees; approval of curricula.
483.811 - Approval of laboratory personnel training programs.
483.812 - Public health laboratory scientists; licensure.
483.813 - Clinical laboratory personnel license.
483.815 - Application for clinical laboratory personnel license.
483.817 - Renewal of clinical laboratory personnel license.
483.821 - Periodic demonstration of competency; continuing education or reexamination.
483.823 - Qualifications of clinical laboratory personnel.
483.824 - Qualifications of clinical laboratory director.