Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 180.000 - The Operation, Approval And Licensing Of Clinical Laboratories › Section 180.115 - Standard - General Supervisor: Qualifications

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The General Supervisor shall meet one of the following
				requirements:
(A) Be an individual who
			 qualifies as a laboratory Director under
			 105 CMR
			 180.060(A), (B), or
			 (C).
(B) Be a physician or have an earned doctoral
			 degree from an accredited institution with a major in one of the physical,
			 chemical or biological sciences, and have two years of pertinent full-time
			 laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all of the laboratory
			 areas to be supervised.
(C) Have
			 earned a master's degree from an accredited institution with a major in one of
			 the chemical, physical, or biological sciences, and have three years of
			 pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all
			 areas to be supervised.
(D) Have a
			 bachelor's degree in medical laboratory science and have three years of
			 pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all
			 of the laboratory areas to be supervised.
(E) Have a bachelor's degree in chemical,
			 physical or biological science, and have four years of pertinent full-time
			 laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all areas to be
			 supervised.
(F) For a specialty
			 laboratory
(i.e.,
a laboratory that performs tests only in a
			 single specialty), have a bachelor's degree in that specialty area, and have
			 three years of pertinent full-time experience subsequent to graduation covering
			 the specialty to be supervised. An individual who possesses an earned
			 bachelor's degree in a physical, chemical or biological science and who has
			 earned at least 24 semester hours from an accredited institution in a specialty
			 which was not his major field of study shall be deemed to have earned the
			 equivalent of a degree in that specialty.
(G) Have achieved a satisfactory grade in a
			 proficiency examination offered either by the Public Health Service, Department
			 of Health and Human Services, or approved by the Department; and have six years
			 of pertinent full-time experience in an approved clinical laboratory covering
			 all of the laboratory areas to be supervised.
(H) With respect to the specialty of
			 diagnostic cytology:
(1) Is qualified as a
			 cytotechnologist pursuant to
			 105 CMR
			 180.165(A)  and has three
			 years of pertinent full-time experience in a laboratory directed or supervised
			 by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in diagnostic
			 cytology within the preceding ten years; or
(2) Is qualified as a cytotechnologist
			 pursuant to
			 105 CMR
			 180.165(B)  and has an
			 additional four years of pertinent fulltime experience in a laboratory directed
			 by or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist
			 in diagnostic cytology within the preceding ten years; or
(3) Is qualified as a cytotechnologist
			 pursuant to
			 105 CMR
			 180.165(C)  and has an
			 additional four years of pertinent fulltime experience in a laboratory directed
			 or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in
			 diagnostic cytology within the preceding ten years.