Florida Statutes Part III - Clinical Laboratory Personnel (Ss. 483.800-483.828)

• 483.800 - Declaration Of Policy And Statement Of Purpose.
  The purpose of this part is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state from the hazards of improper...
• 483.801 - Exemptions.
  This part applies to all clinical laboratories and clinical laboratory personnel within this state, except:(1) Clinical laboratories operated by the United States Government.(2) Laboratories operated and maintained...
• 483.803 - Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term:(1) “Board” means the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.(2) “Clinical laboratory” means a clinical laboratory as defined in s. 483.041.(3) “Clinical laboratory...
• 483.805 - Board Of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
  (1) There is created within the department the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, composed of seven members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.(2)(a) Five...
• 483.807 - Fees; Establishment; Disposition.
  (1) The board, by rule, shall establish fees to be paid for application, examination, reexamination, licensing and renewal, registration, laboratory training program application, reinstatement, and recordmaking...
• 483.809 - Licensure; Examinations; Registration Of Trainees; Approval Of Curricula.
  (1) LICENSING.—The department shall provide biennial licensure of all clinical laboratory personnel who the board certifies have met the requirements of this part. The license of...
• 483.811 - Approval Of Laboratory Personnel Training Programs.
  (1) The board shall approve clinical laboratories for training programs upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that such laboratories are adequately staffed by qualified personnel and comply...
• 483.812 - Public Health Laboratory Scientists; Licensure.
  (1) Applicants at the director level in the category of public health shall qualify under s. 483.824.(2) Applicants at the supervisor level in the category of public...
• 483.813 - Clinical Laboratory Personnel License.
  A person may not conduct a clinical laboratory examination or report the results of such examination unless such person is licensed under this part to...
• 483.815 - Application For Clinical Laboratory Personnel License.
  An application for a clinical laboratory personnel license shall be made under oath on forms provided by the department and shall be accompanied by payment...
• 483.817 - Renewal Of Clinical Laboratory Personnel License.
  (1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of a renewal application and fee and upon certification by the board that the licensee has demonstrated...
• 483.819 - Inactive Status.
  (1) A licensee may request that her or his license be placed in an inactive status by making application to the department and paying a fee...
• 483.821 - Periodic Demonstration Of Competency; Continuing Education Or Reexamination.
  (1) As part of the license renewal procedure, the board, by rule, shall require each licensee periodically to demonstrate her or his competency by completing, each...
• 483.823 - Qualifications Of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
  (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...
• 483.824 - Qualifications Of Clinical Laboratory Director.
  A clinical laboratory director must have 4 years of clinical laboratory experience with 2 years of experience in the specialty to be directed or be...
• 483.825 - Grounds For Disciplinary Action.
  (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2):(a) Attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing a license...
• 483.828 - Penalties For Violations.
  (1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:(a) Practicing as clinical...

Last modified: September 23, 2016