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) > 493.1469—Standard: Cytology general supervisor qualifications.

493.1469—Standard: Cytology general supervisor qualifications.

The cytology general supervisor must be qualified to supervise cytology services. The general supervisor in cytology must possess a current license issued by the State in which the laboratory is located, if such licensing is required, and must—
(a) Be qualified as a technical supervisor under § 493.1449 (b) or (k); or
(b) (1) Be qualified as a cytotechnologist under § 493.1483; and
(2) Have at least 3 years of full-time (2,080 hours per year) experience as a cytotechnologist within the preceding 10 years.