{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-493.1357","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 493.1357","heading":"Standard; laboratory director qualifications.","body":"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.\n(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.\n(b) The laboratory director must meet one of the following requirements:\n(1) Be a physician, as defined in § 493.2.\n(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.\n(3) Be a dentist, as defined in § 493.2.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER G—STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION","PART 493—LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS","Subpart M—Personnel for Nonwaived Testing"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"b144d3117ef024c3236d50f5999135450400cd1dc10cdf89a46a2a11a263c4a8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-493.1355","next":"us/42-cfr-493.1359"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}