Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1324 – License in training
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1324
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
- Clinical laboratory: means any building, place, or facility in which an operation and procedure for the biological, microbiological, serological, immunological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examinations of materials derived from the human body is performed to provide information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of human beings or for forensic testing. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
- Committee: means the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners established by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
- Practice of clinical laboratory science: means the performance by any individual, other than a physician licensed by the board, of laboratory testing, analysis, or examination of human specimens. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1312
A. The board upon the recommendation of the committee, shall issue a license in training to an individual who has not fulfilled the educational requirements to take a license examination or needs to obtain full-time comprehensive experience under supervision, or both, in any license category. A license in training shall allow an individual to engage in the practice of clinical laboratory science under supervision. The length of duration of each such license in training, its renewal, if any, and the specific requirements for appropriate supervision for each category of licensure shall be established by the board upon the recommendation of the committee by the promulgation of rules and regulations. The fees for issuing a license in training for each category of licensure established by this Part shall be governed by the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 37:1321.
B. An applicant who is certified by a national certification agency recognized by the board, but who has not engaged in the practice of clinical laboratory science within the last ten years and has not maintained the continuing education requirements as approved by the board, upon recommendation of the committee, shall be granted a license in training to engage in the practice of clinical laboratory science in the category for which he is otherwise qualified until the supervised retraining period and the continuing education requirements as approved by the board are completed.
Acts 1993, No. 396, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1993.