Qualifications — laboratory employees
 13. (1) The owner and the operator of a laboratory shall ensure that any person employed in the laboratory in any of the following categories of employment holds one of the qualifications set out in this section in respect of that category of employment: 1. Laboratory director. 2. Laboratory supervisor. 3. Medical and scientific staff member. 4. Laboratory technologist. 5. Laboratory technician. O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (1). (2) A person is qualified to be a laboratory director if the person, (a) is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario who, (i) has been certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in a branch of laboratory medicine, or (ii) has at least two years of relevant post-graduate training approved by the Director in a laboratory or laboratories approved by the Director; or (b) has obtained from a university an academic doctorate degree in a relevant area of chemical, physical or biological science and, (i) has been certified by the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists or the Canadian College of Microbiologists in a branch of laboratory medicine, or (ii) has at least two years of relevant post-graduate training or experience approved by the Director in a laboratory or laboratories approved by the Director. O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (2). (3) A person is qualified to be a laboratory supervisor if the person, (a) is qualified as a laboratory technologist under subsection (5) and, (i) has at least four years of relevant experience in a laboratory or laboratories, or (ii) has successfully completed relevant courses, which together with the person’s work experience, are equivalent to the experience set out in subclause (i); (b) is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario who has at least one year of post-graduate experience in a laboratory or laboratories, working in a relevant laboratory specialty; (c) has obtained from a university an academic doctorate degree in a relevant area of chemical, physical or biological science and has at least one year of post-graduate experience in a laboratory or laboratories, working in a relevant laboratory specialty; (d) has obtained from a university a master’s degree in a relevant area of chemical, physical or biological science and has at least two years of relevant post-graduate training or experience in a laboratory or laboratories; or (e) has obtained from a university a bachelor’s degree in a relevant area of chemical, physical or biological science and has at least four years of relevant post-graduate training or experience approved by the Director in a laboratory or laboratories approved by the Director. O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (3). (4) A person is qualified to be a medical and scientific staff member if the person, (a) is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and, (i) has been certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in a branch of laboratory medicine, or (ii) has at least two years of relevant post-graduate training in a laboratory or laboratories; or (b) has obtained from a university an academic doctorate degree in a relevant area of chemical, physical or biological science and, (i) has been certified by the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists or the Canadian College of Microbiologists in a branch of laboratory medicine, or (ii) has at least two years of relevant post-graduate training or experience in a laboratory or laboratories. O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (4). (5) A person is qualified to be a laboratory technologist if the person, (a) has obtained a certificate of registration from the College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario in the practising class, as described in paragraph 1 of subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 207/94 (General) made under the Medical Laboratory Technology Act, 1991; (a.1) is an out of province medical laboratory technologist; or (b) has obtained from a university or college a relevant degree or diploma approved by the Director and has relevant training or experience approved by the Director in a laboratory or laboratories approved by the Director. O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (5); O. Reg. 207/23, s. 2. (6) A person is qualified to be a laboratory technician if the person has obtained an Ontario secondary school diploma or is able to produce evidence of equivalent standing and, (a) has worked for at least two years as a technical trainee in a laboratory or laboratories; or (b) has successfully completed relevant courses which, together with the person’s work experience, are equivalent to the experience set out in clause (a). O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (6). (7) Despite subsection (1), a person is not required to hold one of the qualifications in respect of a particular category of employment listed in that subsection in order to be employed in a laboratory in that category of employment if the person, (a) was employed in a laboratory in that category of employment on November 1, 1972; and (b) has submitted evidence to the Director sufficient to satisfy the Director as to their competence and ability to adequately perform their duties. O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (7). (8) For the purposes of this section, “relevant” means appropriate to one or more tests or classes of tests for which the laboratory is licensed. O. Reg. 45/22, s. 13 (8).