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Responsible for overall operation and administration of the laboratory, to include:
- Employment of personnel who are competent to perform test procedures
- Record and report test results promptly, accurately and proficiency
- Assure compliance with all applicable regulations
CLIA Lab director
Responsible for the technical and scientific oversight of the laboratory (not required to be onsite at all times)
- Duties include: Selection of tests, SOPs, QA,QC, proficiency testing
Technical Supervisor
Responsible for day to day supervision of the test performance by testing personnel to include monitoring the lab processes to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained and other quality assurance activities
- Duties Include: Remedial action needed for testing issues, correct reporting of test results, evaluation
General Supervisor
Responsible for technical and scientific oversight of the lab. Not required to be onsite at all times testing is performed.
- Duties include: Test selection, testing performance verification, PT program
Technical Consultant
Provides consultation regarding the appropriateness of testing ordered and the interpretation of test results
- Duties include: Consultation to clients
Clinical Consultant
Provides consultation regarding the appropriateness of testing ordered and the interpretation of test results
- Duties include: Consultation to clients
Clinical Consultant
Carry out day to day operations and testing in the clinical lab
- Duties include: Processing, testing, reporting results, QC performance
Testing personnel
Be an MD,DO, or DPM with a current medical license or
- Have a doctoral degree in a chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory sciences with certification by a board approved by HHS
Clinical Consultant (High complexity)
Everyone has a right to work in an environment free from harassments or discrimination regardless of
- Sex/gender
-Race
- Color
-Disability
- National Origin
- Pregnancy
-Age
- Sexual Orientation
- Gender Identity
Title VII (7) Civil right Act of 1964
Makes it illegal to harass or discriminate based on a disability or perceived disability
- Requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation on request
ADA - American with Disabilities Act
A federal agency that is responsible for enforcing employment discrimination laws
- Has the authority to investigate charges of discriminations against employers who are covered by law.
- To prevent discrimination before it occurs through outreach, education, and technical assistance programs.
EEOC- Equal employment opportunity commission
Establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting fulltime and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.
FLSA- Fair Labor Standards act
Entitles eligible employees to take unpaid, job protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.
FMLA- Family Medical Leave Act
A form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue their employer for the tort of negligence.
- helps pay for medical care, wages from lost work time and more.
WCI- Workers’ compensation
A federal/state program that provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own( as determined under state law) and meet other eligibility requirements of state law
UI- Unemployment Insurance or unemployment compensation
