CLIA 88

The following information was taken from the "Federal Register", Feb 28, Vol 57; No 40. This outline of key points of the regulation first appeared in "POL NEWS UPDATE" on March 16, 1992.

The final CLIA-88 regulations were published in the Federal Register on Feb. 28, 1992. On Jan 19, 1993 additions to the original regulation were published.

The complexity models stand at 4 regulatory levels - waiver, physician performed microscopy, moderately complexity and high complexity. A list of tests categories is at the end of this document. HFCA released a complete test list that matches laboratory analyzers and tests to complexity levels in July 1993.

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