General Requirements

Licensure Requirements

The requirements to add a specialty to an existing Clinical Laboratory Personnel license are as follows. Applicants must:

  • Be a Florida licensed Clinical Laboratory Director, Supervisor, Technologist, or Technician. To review licensure requirements for each licensure level, click the “Change Profession” button above and select the appropriate licensure level from the License Type list.
  • Meet additional requirements based on the specialty they are applying to add. Review the specialty matrix for your licensure level to ensure that you qualify for the specialty you intend to add to your license.

Director: Rule 64B3-5.007, F.A.C.

Supervisor: Rule 64B3-5.002, F.A.C.

Technologist: Rule 64B3-5.003, F.A.C.

Technician: Rule 64B3-5.004, F.A.C.

It is your responsibility to understand the responsibilities of your licensure level. Please carefully read the section for your licensure level in Chapter 64B3-13, F.A.C. to review these responsibilities.

Education Equivalency Requirements for Non-U.S. Graduates

Applicants who were educated outside the United States must have their education evaluated to determine U.S. equivalency. Evaluations are acceptable from an accredited U.S. college or university on an official transcript or a credentials evaluation service.

Bachelor’s degrees from Puerto Rico and the Philippines do not need a credentials evaluation; however, official transcripts must be submitted from the institution.

  • All graduates who were educated outside the U.S. who intend to utilize credit earned in colleges or universities outside of the U.S. to qualify for licensure will need to provide evidence of U.S. equivalency of such credit hours.
  • The credentials evaluation must be performed by one of the acceptable credential evaluation services and include a breakdown of all college level courses by subject. Board accepted providers can be located at: https://floridasclinicallabs.gov/resources/.
  • Credit hours must be listed in semester hours.
  • The credentials evaluation must be sent directly to the board office from the evaluator. Please request that the evaluator include the transcript with the evaluation sent to the agency.
  • If transcripts cannot be ordered from the non-U.S. education institution, certified copies of the original documents used in the evaluation must be submitted to the agency.

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General Requirements

Licensure Requirements

The requirements to add a specialty to an existing Clinical Laboratory Personnel license are as follows. Applicants must:

  • Be a Florida licensed Clinical Laboratory Director, Supervisor, Technologist, or Technician. To review licensure requirements for each licensure level, click the “Change Profession” button above and select the appropriate licensure level from the License Type list.
  • Meet additional requirements based on the specialty they are applying to add. Review the specialty matrix for your licensure level to ensure that you qualify for the specialty you intend to add to your license.

Director: Rule 64B3-5.007, F.A.C.

Supervisor: Rule 64B3-5.002, F.A.C.

Technologist: Rule 64B3-5.003, F.A.C.

Technician: Rule 64B3-5.004, F.A.C.

It is your responsibility to understand the responsibilities of your licensure level. Please carefully read the section for your licensure level in Chapter 64B3-13, F.A.C. to review these responsibilities.

Education Equivalency Requirements for Non-U.S. Graduates

Applicants who were educated outside the United States must have their education evaluated to determine U.S. equivalency. Evaluations are acceptable from an accredited U.S. college or university on an official transcript or a credentials evaluation service.

Bachelor’s degrees from Puerto Rico and the Philippines do not need a credentials evaluation; however, official transcripts must be submitted from the institution.

  • All graduates who were educated outside the U.S. who intend to utilize credit earned in colleges or universities outside of the U.S. to qualify for licensure will need to provide evidence of U.S. equivalency of such credit hours.
  • The credentials evaluation must be performed by one of the acceptable credential evaluation services and include a breakdown of all college level courses by subject. Board accepted providers can be located at: https://floridasclinicallabs.gov/resources/.
  • Credit hours must be listed in semester hours.
  • The credentials evaluation must be sent directly to the board office from the evaluator. Please request that the evaluator include the transcript with the evaluation sent to the agency.
  • If transcripts cannot be ordered from the non-U.S. education institution, certified copies of the original documents used in the evaluation must be submitted to the agency.