{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-395.0091","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 395.0091","heading":"Alternate-site testing.","body":"The agency, in consultation with the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, shall adopt by rule the criteria for alternate-site testing to be performed under the supervision of a clinical laboratory director. At a minimum, the criteria must address hospital internal needs assessment; a protocol for implementation, including the identification of tests to be performed and who will perform them; selection of the method of testing to be used for alternate-site testing; minimum training and education requirements for those who will perform alternate-site testing, such as documented training, licensure, certification, or other medical professional background not limited to laboratory professionals; documented inservice training and initial and ongoing competency validation; an appropriate internal and external quality control protocol; an internal mechanism for the central laboratory to identify and track alternate-site testing; and record-keeping requirements. Alternate-site testing locations must register when the hospital applies to renew its license. For purposes of this section, the term “alternate-site testing” includes any laboratory testing done under the administrative control of a hospital but performed out of the physical or administrative confines of the central laboratory.\nHistory.—s. 27, ch. 2018-24.","path":["CHAPTER 395 HOSPITAL LICENSING AND REGULATION"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0300-0399/0395/0395.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:05:03Z","sha256":"61d223511b09638247aa5a2eec74cd2682d837ae200877ea72b968c58e758bdd","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-395.009","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-395.0161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}