CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER G—STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION (parts 482 to 498) > PART 493—LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS > SUBPART M—Personnel for Nonwaived Testing (§493.1351 to §493.1495) > 493.1357—Standard; laboratory director qualifications.

493.1357—Standard; laboratory director qualifications.

The laboratory director must be qualified to manage and direct the laboratory personnel and the performance of PPM procedures as specified in § 493.19(c) and must be eligible to be an operator of a laboratory within the requirements of subpart R of this part.
(a) The laboratory director must possess a current license as a laboratory director issued by the State in which the laboratory is located, if the licensing is required.
(b) The laboratory director must meet one of the following requirements:
(1) Be a physician, as defined in § 493.2.
(2) Be a midlevel practitioner, as defined in § 493.2, authorized by a State to practice independently in the State in which the laboratory is located.
(3) Be a dentist, as defined in § 493.2.