[Histonet] HT licensing in 2011

[Jennifer MacDonald]

Laurie,
The bill that everyone has been "quoting" is AB 2156.  It does not state 
that histotechnicians will have to be licensed. 

The ASCP has specific eligibility requirements for HT certification and at 
this point they are not related to licensure in any state.  Other states 
that have licensure do not just accept payment for the license.  They 
require some form of competency exam.  If a person is already ASCP 
certified than in some states they will be granted licensure.

This is an excerpt from the bill.

Under existing law, unlicensed laboratory personnel are authorized
to perform specified activities, in a licensed clinical laboratory,
under the direct and constant supervision of a physician and surgeon
or another licensed person if certain criteria are met. Existing law
authorizes these unlicensed laboratory personnel to perform specimen
labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or
preparation, transportation, and storing.
   This bill would authorize a certified pathologists' assistant,
within the specialty of pathology, demonstrating specified
competency, to perform specified activities under the supervision and
control of a pathologist. The bill would authorize a pathologists'
assistant, a histologic technician, and a histotechnologist to
prepare human surgical specimens for gross description and dissection
under the direct supervision, as defined, of a qualified
pathologist, if he or she meets specified requirements. The bill
would authorize the department, on and after January 1, 2011, to
adopt regulations establishing additional qualification requirements
to perform the duties specified in these provisions.




"Laurie Colbert" <laurie.colbert <@t> huntingtonhospital.com> 
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Does anyone know about a law that is supposed to go into effect in 2011
that will require histotechs to be licensed?  I also heard something
about a person being eligible to take the HT exam if they get a state
license - which can be obtained by simply paying a fee if they have 5
years of work experience?

 

Laurie Colbert

 

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