ORS 438.120 Standards for licensing specialties; exceptions

In determining the specialties that are authorized to be performed in a clinical laboratory, the Oregon Health Authority shall consider laboratory personnel, with particular emphasis on the qualifications of the director, laboratory equipment and any other relevant factors affecting the ability of the laboratory to perform different laboratory specialties.

No laboratory shall be licensed to perform examinations in the fields of surgical pathology, autopsy pathology, exfoliative cytology, or immunohematology, unless its director is a physician or dentist specifically qualified in these fields. The authority may establish exemptions from the requirements of this subsection for the field of immunohematology.

The list of waived tests, physician performed microscopy procedures and moderate and high complexity tests shall be established by the authority.