Section 450.440  Technician

An individual who meets one of the following qualifications shall qualify as a technician:  These qualifications must be documented on the Department's form entitled "Laboratory Personnel Qualifications Appraisal". (See Section 450.50(c)(3)). Persons employed by a laboratory which meets the definition of a Class II Laboratory which do not presently have the minimum qualifications of a technician may continue to be employed by the laboratory in question until July 1, 1992 without meeting the requirements of a technician. After July 1, 1992, all technical persons performing laboratory testing must meet the qualifications set forth in this Part.

a)         Successful completion of 60 semester hours of academic credit including chemistry and biology as well as a structured curriculum in medical laboratory techniques at an accredited institution or has an associate degree based on a course of study including those subjects from an accredited institution; or

b)         High school graduate or equivalent and has completed at least 1 year in a technician training program in a school accredited by an accrediting agency approved by the U.S. Office of Education; or

c)         High school graduate or equivalent and has successfully completed an official military medical laboratory procedures course of at least 50 weeks duration and has held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Laboratory Technician).

(Source:  Amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 11573, effective July 1, 1989)