The General Supervisor shall meet one of the following requirements:
- (A) Be an individual who qualifies as a laboratory Director under 105 CMR 180.060(A), (B), or (C).
- (B) Be a physician or have an earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution with a major in one ofthe physical, chemical or biological sciences, and have two years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all of the laboratory areas to be supervised.
- (C) Have earned a master's degree from an accredited institution with a major in one of the chemical, physical, or biological sciences, and have three years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all areas to be supervised.
- (D) Have a bachelor's degree in medical laboratory science and have three years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all of the laboratory areas to be supervised.
- (E) Have a bachelor's degree in chemical, physical or biological science, and have four years of pertinent full-time laboratory experience subsequent to graduation covering all areas to be supervised.
- (F) For a specialty laboratory (i.e., a laboratory that performs tests only in a single specialty), have a bachelor's degree in that specialty area, and have three years of pertinent full-time experience subsequent to graduation covering the specialty to be supervised. An individual who possesses an earned bachelor's degree in a physical, chemical or biological science and who has earned at least 24 semester hours from an accredited institution in a specialty which was not his major field of study shall be deemed to have earned the equivalent of a degree in that specialty.
- (G) Have achieved a satisfactory grade in a proficiency examination offered either by the Public HealthService, Department of Health and Human Services, or approved by the Department; and have six years of pertinent full-time experience in an approved clinical laboratory covering all of the laboratory areas to be supervised.
(H) With respect to the specialty of diagnostic cytology:
- (1) Is qualified as a cytotechnologist pursuant to 105 CMR 180.165(A) and has three years of pertinent full-time experience in a laboratory directed or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in diagnostic cytology within the preceding ten years; or
- (2) Is qualified as a cytotechnologist pursuant to 105 CMR 180.165(B) and has an additional four years of pertinent fulltime experience in a laboratory directed by or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in diagnostic cytology within the preceding ten years; or
- (3) Is qualified as a cytotechnologist pursuant to 105 CMR180.165(C) and has an additional four years of pertinent fulltime experience in a laboratory directed or supervised by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in diagnostic cytology within the preceding ten years.
- (I) With respect to individuals first qualifying prior to January 1, 1985, have had at least four years of documented pertinent full-time experience in an approved clinical laboratory including two years as a General Supervisor within the preceding ten years.
- (J) With respect to individuals first qualifying prior to January 1, 1985, have had at least six years of documented experience as a laboratory technologist in an approved clinical laboratory within the preceding ten years.
- (K) Individuals qualifying as Technologist pursuant to the provisions of 105 CMR 180.155(E)(F) or
- (G) may qualify as a General Supervisor provided they have at least an additional three years of documented experience as a laboratory technologist in an approved clinical laboratory within the preceding ten years.