Standard - General Supervisor: Qualifications

The General Supervisor shall meet one of the following requirements: (A) Be an individual who qualifies as a laboratory Director under 105 CMR 180.060(A), (B), or (C). (B) Be a physician or have an earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution with a major in oneofthephysical,chemical or biological sciences, and have two years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all of the laboratory areas to be supervised. (C) Have earned a master's degree from an accredited institution with a major in one of the chemical, physical, or biological sciences, and have three years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all areas to be supervised. (D) Have a bachelor's degree in medical laboratory science and have three years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduationcovering all of the laboratory areas to be supervised. (E) Have a bachelor's degree in chemical, physical or biological science, and have four years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all areas to be supervised. (F) For a specialty laboratory (i.e., a laboratorythatperforms tests only in a single specialty), have a bachelor's degree in that specialty area, and have three years of pertinent full-time experience subsequent to graduation covering the specialty to be supervised. An individual who possesses an earned bachelor's degree ina physical, chemical or biological science and who has earned at least 24 semester hours from an accredited institution in a specialty which was not his major field ofstudyshall be deemed to have earned the equivalent of a degree in that specialty. (G) Have achieved a satisfactory grade in a proficiency examination offered either by the Public HealthService, Department of Health and Human Services, or approved by the Department; and have six years of pertinent full-time experience in an approved clinical laboratory covering all of the laboratory areas to be supervised. (H) With respect to the specialty of diagnostic cytology: (1) Is qualified as a cytotechnologist pursuant to 105 CMR 180.165(A) and has three years of pertinent full-time experience in a laboratory directed or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in diagnostic cytology within the preceding ten years; or (2) Is qualified asacytotechnologist pursuant to 105 CMR 180.165(B) and has an additional four years ofpertinent fulltime experience in a laboratory directed by or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in diagnostic cytology within the precedingtenyears; or (3) Is qualified as a cytotechnologist pursuant to 105 CMR180.165(C)and has an additional four years of pertinent fulltime experience in a laboratory directed or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in diagnostic cytology within the preceding ten years. (I) With respect to individuals first qualifying prior to January 1, 1985, have had at least four years of documented pertinent full-time experience in an approved clinical laboratory including two years as a General Supervisor within the preceding ten years. (J) With respect to individuals first qualifying prior to January 1, 1985, have had at least sixyears of documented experience as a laboratory technologist in an approved clinical laboratory within the preceding ten years. (K) Individuals qualifying as Technologist pursuant to the provisions of105 CMR180.155(E)(F) or (G) may qualify as a General Supervisor provided they have at least an additional three years of documented experience as a laboratory technologist in an approved clinical laboratory within the preceding ten years.