eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 483.801. Exemptions.  


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  • 1This part applies to all clinical laboratories and clinical laboratory personnel within this state, except:
    16(1) 17Clinical laboratories operated by the United States Government.
    25(2) 26Laboratories operated and maintained exclusively for research and teaching purposes, involving no patient or public health service whatsoever.
    44(3) 45Persons engaged in testing performed by laboratories that are wholly owned and operated by one or more practitioners licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, chapter 462, chapter 463, or chapter 466 who practice in the same group practice, and in which no clinical laboratory work is performed for patients referred by any health care provider who is not a member of that group practice.
    113(4) 114Respiratory therapists and respiratory care practitioners certified or registered under part V of chapter 468.
    129(5) 130Advanced practice registered nurses licensed under part I of chapter 464 who perform provider-performed microscopy procedures (PPMP) in a laboratory setting pursuant to subsection (3).
    155(6) 156Persons performing laboratory testing within a physician office practice for patients referred by a health care provider who is a member of the same physician office practice, if the laboratory or entity operating the laboratory within a physician office practice is under common ownership, directly or indirectly, with an entity licensed pursuant to chapter 395.
History.-s. 32, ch. 92-58; s. 21, ch. 93-178; s. 6, ch. 97-91; s. 163, ch. 97-264; s. 136, ch. 2000-318; s. 99, ch. 2018-24; s. 66, ch. 2018-106.