Missouri Licensure Bill (SB 544) Introduced

January 18, 2012

Another clinical laboratory personnel licensure bill (SB 544) has been introduced in the Missouri Senate.

This bill is similar to other bills [HB 2051 (2006); SB 1099 (2006); SB 314 (2007); SB 1162 (2008); and SB 365 (2009)] introduced over the past seven years.

SB 544 requires a four-year college degree to be licensed as an MT (or CLS) and a two-year college degree to be licensed as an MLT.

AAB, and the AAB Associate Member Section (AMS), OPPOSE SB 544.

Click here to view a copy of SB 544.

Click here for a model letter that you can use to forward a personal message to your Missouri Senator and to members of the Missouri Senate Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee, the committee that has jurisdiction over the bill. Click here for two sample letters that your laboratory director or hospital administrator can use. Click here for a list of the Missouri Senate Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee Members.

To find your Missouri State Legislator access the Legislator Lookup Click here.  To find your legislators on the Missouri Legislator Lookup, enter your full nine-digit zipcode, and click "submit." 

Please forward to us copies of your correspondence with your Missouri State Senator and members of the Senate Committee considering SB 544, as well as any responses that you receive.