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- Georgia Enacts Laboratory Licensure Repeal
The Georgia Association of Pathology (GAP) advocated for the passage of House Bill 93, the repeal of Georgia’s laboratory licensure Act, which was signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp on May 5. House Bill 93 repeals the state’s clinical laboratory licensure requirements, laboratory personnel licensure, and state inspections of laboratories. Furthermore, the bill rescinds state law on human specimen examination and testing protocols, laboratory recordkeeping directives, quality assurance program requirements, and applicable laboratory system requirements, among other provisions. The CAP works with state pathology societies to ensure that laboratory regulations protect patients without burdening pathologists while deferring to the respective a state pathology society’s position on laboratory licensure.
Additionally, the Georgia House bill updates various provisions to conform state requirements to federal CLIA certification for laboratories, thereby providing regulatory relief for impacted laboratories. With the pending repeal of state laboratory licensure, Georgia will join 34 other states that defer to CLIA’s laboratory requirements.
The licensure laws differ state to state with commonalities for annual licensure fees, continuing education requirements, and professional and educational competency requirements.