Regulatory Information
CLIA '88 Regulations may be found at the CDC website:
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/clia/regs/toc.aspx
CMS’ Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories can be found at:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CLIA/03_ Interpretive_Guidelines_for_Laboratories.asp
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CMS' CLIA Brochures offer tips in regulations, compliance,
and proficiency testing and can be found at:
http://www.cms.gov/CLIA/05_CLIA_Brochures.asp#TopOfPage
The CMS 2011 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule may be accessed at:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Clinical LabFeeSched/
US Food and Drug Administration website:
http://www.fda.gov/default.htm
FDA's CLIA Test Complexity Database: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCLIA/clia.cfm
Lab Accreditation Agencies
COLA® offers information at their website: www.cola.org
CAP(College of American Pathologists) offers information at:
http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal
The Joint Commision offers lab accreditation information at:
http://www.jointcommission.org/accreditation/laboratory.aspx
Proficiency Testing Providers
AAFP-PT (American Academy of Family Physicians):
www.aafp.org/online/en/home/practicemgt/pt.html
AAB-PT (American Association of Bioanalysts): www.aab-pts.org/
ACP-MLE (American College of Physicians-Medical Laboratory Evaluation (MLE)): www.acponline.org/mle
API (American Proficiency Institute): www.api-pt.com
CAP Excel/Surveys (The College of American Pathologists): www.cap.org
Continuing Education Sources
COLA offers many online and printed formats: www.cola.org
American Society of Clinical Pathologists website:
www.ascp.org/default.aspx
Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals has a website at:
http://laboratorian.advanceweb.com/
Laboratory Director's course may be found at Lab University, use this link via COLA's website: http://www.cola.org/product.html?ProductID=42
