ARM 24.110.601

24.129.603 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE (1) In addition to the requirements of 37-34-303 , MCA, applicants for licensure shall meet the following additional qualifications: (a) Applicants for a license as a clinical laboratory scientist must have graduated from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree with at least 36 semester or 54 quarter hours in the physical and biological sciences. The applicant must also have passed a generalists examination offered by a national certifying body for clinical laboratory scientists. (b) Applicants for a license as a clinical laboratory specialist must have graduated from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree with at least 36 semester or 54 quarter hours in the physical and biological sciences. The applicant must also have passed a specialist examination offered by a national certifying body for clinical laboratory specialists. The following are areas of clinical laboratory science for which the board will grant a specialist's license: (i) clinical chemistry; (ii) hematology; (iii) microbiology; (iv) cytology; (v) immunohematology; (vi) cytogenetics; and (vii) molecular biology. (c) Applicants for a license as a clinical laboratory technician must have graduated with an associate degree or possess 60 semester or 90 quarter hours in a science-related discipline, or completed a military medical laboratory training program of at least 12 months in duration. The applicant must also have passed a technician examination offered by a national certifying body for clinical laboratory science technicians. (2) Examinations administered by the following national certification agencies are approved by the board: (a) American Association of Clinical Chemists (AACC) ; (b) American Medical Technologist (AMT) ; (c) American Society of Clinical Pathologist (ASCP) ; (d) American Society of Microbiology (ASM) ; (e) International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology (ISCLT) ; or (f) National Certification Agency (NCA) .