Section 180.115 - Standard - General Supervisor: QualificationsThe 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 of the 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 Health Service, 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 CMR 180.165(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.