Section 7.12.840. Supervision and direction of laboratory service.

	(a)  A laboratory must be under the supervision and direction of a physician, a laboratory specialist, or a medical technologist who  
		(1) meets the applicable qualification requirements of 42 C.F.R. Part 493, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 12.790; and  
		(2) is either employed by the laboratory or under contract to the laboratory.  
	(b)  If a medical technologist supervises the laboratory under contract, a consulting physician or laboratory specialist supervising the laboratory under contract must make quarterly visits to the laboratory and prepare a written evaluation with recommendations to the administrator and medical staff of the facility after each visit. For a consulting physician, up to two of the required visits and evaluations each year may be made by the physician's representative, who must be a medical technologist competent in one or more laboratory specialties. If a medical technologist supervises a laboratory as an employee of the laboratory, a consulting physician or a laboratory specialist under contract must make at least biannual visits to the laboratory and prepare a written evaluation and recommendations after each visit.  
	(c)  In this section, "laboratory specialties" include microbiology, serology, chemistry, hematology, and immunohematology.   

Authorities

47.32.010;47.32.030

Notes

Authority

AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030

History

Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88; am 6/23/2006, Register 178