January 31, 2007
The American Associatioon of Bioanalysts (AAB) Board of Registry examinations for MT (Clinical Laboratory Scientist, CLS) and MLT (Medical Laboratory Technician) have been approved for licensure purposes in California.
The approval by the state Department of Health Services gives applicants the option of taking AAB Board of Registry examinations for CLS and MLT licensure in California. The state will be relying on approved certification examinations for licensure from now on and the MLT test by the AAB Board of Registry is the only MLT test approved at this time.
The examinations have four-year look backs on approval which means that anyone who passed these examinations after January 1, 2003 can use that to meet California’s examination requirement for licensure.
Eleven of the twelve states that license MTs and MLTs recognize the AAB Board of Registry examinations. These states include California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Hawaii, Montana, Louisiana, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The twelfth state, New York, is still developing its licensure program.
More information can be found on the organization’s Web site.
