California’s Department of Public Health has issued proposed changes to its laboratory personnel requirements, including directors and testing personnel. These proposed regulations can be viewed at http://www.cdph.ca.gov/services/DPOPP/regs/Pages/DPH-08-001Clinical%20Laboratory%20Personnel%20Standards.aspx.

Public comments are due by 5 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on September 27, 2010. 

Pay particular attention to the following: 

1.      Proposed Licensure for 2 classes of Embryologists: 

Clinical Embryologist [Director]
     [Section 1030.3, pp. 22-23] 

Clinical Embryologist Scientist
     [Testing Personnel]
         [Section 1031.5, pp. 49-50] 

2.      Proposed Licensure Changes for the disciplines of: 

           Clinical Biochemical Geneticist [Director]
               [Section 1030.2, pp. 19-22] 

           Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist [Director]
               [Section 1030.7, pp. 29-33] 

           Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist
               [Testing Personnel]
                  [Section 1031.3, pp. 45-46] 

We are now preparing ABB’s comments and hope to have a draft by September 20, 2010. 

We have already heard from many California embryologists, and we welcome comments/suggestions from all ABB-certified embryologists. 

We are also particularly interested in comments/suggestions from ABB-certified directors/technical supervisors in molecular diagnostics.