A clinical laboratory director must have 4 years of clinical laboratory experience with 2 years of experience in the speciality to be directed or be nationally board certified in the specialty to be directed, and must meet one of the following requirements:

1. (1) Be a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459;
2. (2) Hold an earned doctoral degree in a chemical, physical, or biological science from a regionally accredited institution; or
3. (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.