(1) In determining the specialties that are authorized to be performed in a clinical laboratory, the Department of Human Services shall consider laboratory personnel, with particular emphasis on the qualifications of the director, laboratory equipment and any other relevant factors affecting the ability of the laboratory to perform different laboratory specialties.
(2) No laboratory shall be licensed to perform examinations in the fields of surgical pathology, autopsy pathology, exfoliative cytology, or immunohematology, except as the Department of Human Services may establish exemptions from the requirements of this subsection in the field of immunohematology, unless its director is a physician or dentist specifically qualified in these fields.
(3) The list of waived tests, physician performed microscopy procedures and moderate and high complexity tests shall be established by the department. [1969 c.685 §6; 1993 c.109 §6; 1999 c.341 §4]
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