Establishing a licensure system for medical laboratory science professionals; defining terms and laboratory employment positions, specifying exceptions to regulation; creating the board of medical laboratory science, prescribing membership, member qualifications, terms, officers, bylaws and an executive director; specifying board duties and licensure requirements; providing transition for experienced and employed medical laboratory science professionals; specifying licensure standards for laboratory positions; requiring the board to adopt rules providing reciprocity; providing for licensure application, renewal, grounds for disciplinary action, temporary license suspension, mental and physical or chemical dependency examination or evaluation and medical data access, professional cooperation, immunity and fees; specifying requirements for initial board of medical laboratory science
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