# Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Clinical Laboratory RequirementsExtension of Certain Effective Dates for Clinical Laboratory Requirements Under CLIA
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Final rule with comment period. · Published 1997-05-12 · Effective 1997-05-12 · 62 FR 25855
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-12271
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 25855
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 493
- **Publication date:** 1997-05-12
- **Effective date:** 1997-05-12
- **HHS docket:** HSQ-237-FC
## Abstract

This final rule extends certain effective dates for clinical laboratory requirements in regulations published on February 28, 1992, and subsequently revised December 6, 1994, that implemented provisions of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This rule extends the phase-in date of the quality control requirements applicable to moderate and high complexity tests and extends the date by which an individual with a doctoral degree must possess board certification to qualify as a director of a laboratory that performs high complexity testing. These effective dates are extended to allow the Department additional time to issue revised quality control requirements and to ensure laboratory directors are able to complete certification requirements. These effective date extensions do not reduce the current requirements for quality test performance.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/05/12/97-12271/medicare-medicaid-and-clia-programs-clinical-laboratory-requirementsextension-of-certain-effective)
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