Notice of Proposed Rule

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B3-3.003: Curriculum Requirements for Clinical Laboratory Personnel Training Programs
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this notice is to amend Rule 64B3-3.003, F.A.C., to account for the fact that Section 229.565, F.S. and Rule 64B3-7.007, F.A.C., no longer exist.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule accounts for the fact that Section 229.565, F.S. and Rule 64B3-7.007, F.A.C., no longer exist.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 483.805(4), 483.811(2) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 483.800, 483.809, 483.811 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Joe Baker, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

64B3-3.003 Curriculum Requirements for Clinical Laboratory Personnel Training Programs.

(1) No change.

(2) All programs not accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS), the Council on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) except for those in the categories of cytology, cytogenetics, histocompatibility, embryology or andrology shall adopt the curriculum frameworks for Health Science Education set forth by standards defined in the Florida Department of Education at http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/ Program Standards as designated in Section 229.565, F.S.,for the categories in which training occurs as follows:

(a) For the categories of clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, microbiology, and serology/immunology, the associate degree medical laboratory technology program standards or the certificate medical laboratory technology program standards.

(b) For the category of histology, the histologic technology standards.

(c) For the category of radioassay at the technologist level, the associate degree nuclear medicine technician program standards.

(d) For the category of blood gas analysis at the technologist level, the associate degree cardiopulmonary function/ cardiovascular technologist program standards.

(3)(a) through (10)(g) No change.

(11) Technologist level programs shall additionally cover all pertinent topics listed in Rule 64B3-7.007, F.A.C., and the following competencies:

(a) through (g) No change.

Specific Authority 483.805(4), 483.811(2) FS. Law Implemented 483.800, 483.809, 483.811 FS. History–New 5-9-95, Amended 12-4-95, 4-24-96, Formerly 59O-3.003, Amended 3-19-98, 9-20-98, 1-11-99, 10-30-02, 7-18-04, 2-23-06,__________.


NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: July 10, 2008
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: September 12, 2008