(1) In addition to the requirements of 37-34-303 , MCA, applicants for licensure shall meet the following additional qualifications:
(a) Applicants for a license as a clinical laboratory scientist must have graduated from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree with at least 36 semester or 54 quarter hours in the physical and biological sciences. The applicant must also have passed a generalists examination offered by a national certifying body for clinical laboratory scientists.
(b) Applicants for a license as a clinical laboratory specialist must have graduated from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree with at least 36 semester or 54 quarter hours in the physical and biological sciences. The applicant must also have passed a specialist examination offered by a national certifying body for clinical laboratory specialists. The following are areas of clinical laboratory science for which the board will grant a specialist's license:
(i) clinical chemistry;
(ii) hematology;
(iii) microbiology;
(iv) cytology;
(v) immunohematology;
(vi) cytogenetics; and
(vii) molecular biology.
(c) Applicants for a license as a clinical laboratory technician must have graduated with an associate degree or possess 60 semester or 90 quarter hours in a science-related discipline, or completed a military medical laboratory training program of at least 12 months in duration. The applicant must also have passed a technician examination offered by a national certifying body for clinical laboratory science technicians.
(2) Examinations administered by the following national certification agencies are approved by the board:
(a) American Association of Clinical Chemists (AACC) ;
(b) American Medical Technologist (AMT) ;
(c) American Society of Clinical Pathologist (ASCP) ;
(d) American Society of Microbiology (ASM) ;
(e) International Society for Clinical Laboratory Technology (ISCLT) ; or
(f) National Certification Agency (NCA) .