Florida § 483.824 - Qualifications of clinical laboratory director.
Full text of Florida Florida Statutes § 483.824 — Qualifications of clinical laboratory director., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 483.824. Qualifications of clinical laboratory director.
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 an institutionally accredited institution and maintain national certification requirements equal to those required by the federal Health Care Financing Administration; 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.
Source: official Florida text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 483.824 ("Qualifications of clinical laboratory director.") is part of the Florida Statutes, the codified statutory law of Florida. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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