New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 44 - CHAPTER IV OF THE STATE SANITARY CODE › Subchapter 2 - OPERATION OF CLINICAL LABORATORIES › Section 8:44-2.6 - Technical personnel

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The clinical
				laboratory shall have a sufficient number of properly qualified technical personnel
				for the volume and diversity of tests performed.
(b) The laboratory shall employ a sufficient
				number of clinical laboratory technologists and/or cytotechnologists to proficiently
				perform under general supervision the clinical laboratory tests which require the
				exercise of independent judgment.
(c)
				Each clinical laboratory technologist shall:
1.
				Have earned a bachelor's degree in medical technology from an accredited college or
				university; or
2. Have successfully
				completed 3 years of academic study (a minimum of 90 semester hours or equivalent)
				in an accredited college or university, which met the specific requirements for
				entrance into a school of medical technology accredited by an accrediting agency
				approved by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and
				Welfare, and have successfully completed a course of training of at least 12 months
				in such a school; or
3. Have earned a
				bachelor's degree in one of the chemical, physical or biological sciences and, in
				addition, have at least 1 year of pertinent full-time laboratory experience and/or
				training in the specialty or subspecialty in which the individual performs tests;
				or
4. Have successfully completed 3
				years (90 semester hours or equivalent) in an accredited college or university with
				the following distribution of courses:
i. For
				those whose training was completed prior to September 15, 1963. At least 24 semester
				hours in chemistry and biology courses of which:
(1) At least 6 semester hours were in inorganic
				chemistry and at least 3 semester hours were in other chemistry courses;
				and
(2) At least 12 semester hours in
				biology courses pertinent to the medical sciences; or
ii. For those whose training was completed after
				September 14, 1963:
(1) 16 semester hours in
				chemistry courses which included at least 6 semester hours in inorganic chemistry
				and which are acceptable toward a major in chemistry; and
(2) 16 semester hours in biology courses which are
				pertinent to the medical sciences and are acceptable toward a major in the
				biological sciences; and
(3) Three
				semester hours of mathematics; and
iii. Have experience and/or training covering
				several fields of medical laboratory work of at least 1 year and of such quality as
				to provide him with education and training in medical technology equivalent to that
				described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection; or
5. With respect to individuals first qualifying
				prior to July 1, 1971; the technologist:
i. Was
				performing the duties of a clinical laboratory technologist at any time between July
				1, 1961, and January 1, 1968; and
ii.
				Has had at least 10 years of pertinent clinical laboratory experience prior to
				January 1, 1968. (This required experience may be met by the substitution of
				education for experience); or
6. Achieved a satisfactory grade in a proficiency
				examination approved by the Secretary of the United States, Department of Health,
				Education and Welfare.