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St. Louis, MO 63101-1434
Telephone: 314-241-1445
Fax: 314-241-1449
Email: abb@abbcert.org
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Certification
Standards for High-complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (HCLD)
To be eligible for certification as a High-complexity Clinical
Laboratory Director (HCLD), an applicant must:
- Meet the qualifications as a laboratory director of a laboratory
performing high complexity testing under the CLIA ’88
regulations, Subpart M, Section 493.1443.
OR
- Hold an earned doctoral degree* from an
accredited institution (see rule 10 under General Regulations) with a chemical, physical, biological, or
clinical laboratory science as the major subject and have
successfully completed 32 semester hours (minimum) in chemistry
or the biological sciences acceptable to the Board.
In addition, applicants for HCLD certification must:
- Have a minimum of four years of clinical laboratory training
or experience on human specimens, or both, including at least two years of
experience directing or supervising high complexity testing;
For the specialty of Embryology, experience must include 60
personally performed, completed assisted reproductive procedures
in humans.
AND
- Pass an ABB examination in General Knowledge and
in at least one of the following clinical laboratory disciplines
or specialties: Andrology; Chemistry (including urinalysis,
endocrinology and toxicology);.Diagnostic Immunology;
Embryology; Hematology (including flow cytometry); Microbiology
(includes bacteriology, parasitology, virology, and mycology);
and Molecular Diagnostics.
* Individuals with an M.D. or D.O. degree, or the equivalent,
must also be licensed to practice medicine in at least one stat e
in the U.S.
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