493.559—Publication of approval of deeming authority or CLIA exemption.
(a) Notice of deeming authority or exemption.
CMS publishes a notice in the Federal Register when it grants deeming authority to an accreditation organization or exemption to a State licensure program.
(ii)
A description of how the accreditation organization provides reasonable assurance to CMS that a laboratory accredited by the organization meets CLIA requirements equivalent to those in this part and would meet CLIA requirements if the laboratory had not been granted deemed status, but had been inspected against condition-level requirements.
(3)
For a State licensure program, a description of how the laboratory requirements of the State are equal to, or more stringent than, those specified in this part.