[Histonet] HT licensing in 2011

[Mike Pence]

Is this a state bill, a federal bill or what. I have never heard of
this. And are these "specified requirements" also part of the bill?
Where can we read more about this bill?

Mike

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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.




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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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