# Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA); Fecal Occult Blood (FOB) Testing
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2017-10-20 · Effective 2017-12-19 · 82 FR 48770
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-22813
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 48770
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 493
- **Publication date:** 2017-10-20
- **Effective date:** 2017-12-19
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3271-F
## Abstract

This final rule amends the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations to clarify that the waived test categorization applies only to non-automated fecal occult blood tests.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/20/2017-22813/clinical-laboratory-improvement-amendments-of-1988-clia-fecal-occult-blood-fob-testing)
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