Medical Laboratory Director

Exam

Third-party exam

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Experience

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MEDICAL LABORATORY DIRECTOR<br><br> The medical laboratory director is responsible for the overall operation and administration of a medical laboratory. (A license is not required for a pathologist or other doctor recognized by the Board as having special qualifications, who is duly licensed to practice medicine in the state of Tennessee.) <br><br>REQUIREMENTS: <br>Be a physician license n Tennessee and certified by the American Board of Medical Microbiology, the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, the American Board of Bioanalysis, or other certifying boards acceptable to the Board in one or more of the laboratory specializes for which approval for directorship is being sought. Board certifications must be current <BR><BR>OR<BR>Hold an earned doctoral degree in a chemical, physical, biological, or clinical laboratory science, from an accredited institution or equivalent and be certified by the American Board of Medical Microbiology, the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, the American Board of Bioanalysis, American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology or other certifying boards acceptable to the Board in one or more of the laboratory specialties for which approval for directorship is being sought. Board certifications must be current <BR><BR><OR<BR>Be a physician licensed in Tennessee, who subsequent to graduation has had four (4) years or more experience in pulmonary function. The directorship is limited to blood gas analysis (pH, pO2, pCO2) and co-oximetry analysis (measurement of oxygen saturation), and reporting of the measurement(s) to include carboxyhemoglobin, total hemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, and sulfhemoglobin on automated instruments <BR>OR<BR>Hold an earned doctoral degree from an accredited college/university and, in the opinion ortified Chemists, Chemistry, Toxicology.