A clinical laboratory director must have 4 years of clinical laboratory experience with 2 years of experience in the specialty to be directed or be nationally board certified in the specialty to be directed, and must meet one of the following requirements:
- (1) Be a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459;
- (2) Hold an earned doctoral degree in a chemical, physical, or biological science from a regionally accredited institution and be nationally certified; or
- (3) For the subspecialty of oral pathology, be a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or a dentist licensed under chapter 466.
History.--s. 10, ch. 97-91; s. 151, ch. 99-397.