Author: L. O’Neal Green, Rick Harris.
Statutory Authority: Code of Alabama 1975, 22-21-20, et seq.
History: Original Rules Effective November 14, 1975. Amended: December 26, 1988.
Amended: January 24, 2003.
420-5-8.04 Management.
(1) Personnel.
(a) The laboratory shall be under the direction of a director and shall provide the number of other qualified personnel commensurate with the volume and type of tests performed.
(b) The laboratory shall perform only those laboratory procedures and tests that are within the specialties or subspecialties in which the laboratory director, supervisors, or persons engaged to perform tests are qualified. Independent Clinical Laboratories Chapter 420-5-8 and Independent Physiological Laboratories
(c) The laboratory may perform laboratory procedures and tests in all specialties provided that the director or supervisor is a pathologist certified or eligible for certification in both anatomical and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology or American Osteopathic Board of Pathology.
(d) In circumstances where AAC Rule 420-5-8.04(1)(c) is not met, the following criteria shall be used to establish qualifications of laboratory personnel to perform each specialty:
1. Microbiology, including serology - The laboratory engages the services of an individual who holds an earned doctoral degree or master's degree in microbiology from an accredited institution or is a licensed practitioner of the healing arts with two years of experience in microbiology.