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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 37, § 1318. Licensure and certification; examination; application

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. No individual shall act as or perform the duties of a clinical laboratory scientist-generalist, clinical laboratory scientist-specialist, clinical laboratory scientist-technician, laboratory assistant, or cytotechnologist unless that individual possesses a current license issued pursuant to this Part or is exempt from the provisions of this Part. No individual shall act as or perform the duties of a phlebotomist unless that individual possesses a current certificate issued pursuant to this Part or is exempt from the provisions of this Part. Each license or certificate shall be effective for the calendar year beginning January first and ending December thirty-first in which it is issued.

B. (1) Each applicant for a license or certificate, except a laboratory assistant, shall successfully complete an examination recommended or administered by the committee and approved by the board, unless the applicant qualifies for licensure without examination as provided in this Part.

(2) Each applicant for a license as a laboratory assistant shall furnish sufficient evidence to the committee and the board of the applicant's appropriate training or level of competency in basic laboratory science. The board, upon the recommendation of the committee, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing the amount and type of evidence an applicant shall furnish to the committee to be deemed competent for the purposes of licensure as a laboratory assistant.

C. Application for license or certification shall be on forms provided by the committee and board, shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee, and shall be issued for the laboratory personnel licensure category for which the applicant qualifies.

D. An applicant may be licensed, or certified, in each laboratory personnel licensure category for which he duly qualifies.

E. A certificate or license, except a temporary license, shall be valid for a period of one year, unless suspended or revoked.

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