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International Certification and Qualification

ASCPⁱ Certification & Qualification: Our Global Response to a Changing World

International Credentials through ASCPⁱ help you stay focused on work and education priorities no matter where you’re located.

ASCP offers its gold standard credentials in the form of international certification to eligible individuals worldwide. The ASCPⁱ credential certifies professional competency among new and practicing laboratory personnel in an effort to contribute globally to the highest standards of patient safety. Graduates of medical laboratory science programs outside the United States are challenged with content that mirrors the standards of excellence established by ASCP exams. The ASCPⁱ credential carries the weight of eighty years of expertise in clinical laboratory professional certification.

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Document and Verify your training program (if required)

Accredited Approved Training Programs: Accredited/approved by a governing regulatory association or Ministry. Countries without a prevalent system of accreditation/approval must have programs/educational institutions approved by an International Advisory Board appointed by the ASCP Board of Certification, or eligibility will be determined by transcript evaluation. Training programs which do not grant university credit as part of a Medical Laboratory program will be counted as experience.

Step 1: Download training program documentation form. Refer to eligibility requirements in the Eligibility step for the route number.

A training program documentation form is not required if your eligibility route is not listed below.
A training program documentation form is not required if your program is included on your transcript.
Please download the appropriate training program documentation form.
- International Medical Laboratory Technician, MLT(ASCPⁱ)
  - Route 1, 2
- International Medical Technologist, MT(ASCPⁱ)
  - Route 1, 3
- International Phlebotomy Technician, PBT(ASCPⁱ)
  - Route 1
  - Route 3 You must submit a notarized copy of proof of completion/graduation from your nursing program; or a notarized copy of certificate of completion from the biomedical science program you completed along with your application form.
- International Technologist in Molecular Biology, MB(ASCPⁱ)
  - Route 2
  - Route 3
- International Technologist in Gynecologic Cytology, CTgyn(ASCPⁱ)
  - Route 1

Step 2: Training documentation forms must be completed by your program director (as defined in the eligibility requirements) and attached to a letter of authenticity signed by this individual verifying the authenticity of the form. This letter must be printed on original letterhead and state that the training documentation form was completed by the program director, with the date and signature. Training documentation forms will be audited to verify authenticity. To see a sample Letter of Authenticity, please click here.

Step 3: Training documentation forms and Letters of Authenticity should be sent immediately after completion of the online application via mail, fax, or email to:

ASCP International
33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60603-5617
Fax: +1 312.541.4845
E-mail: ascpinternational@ascp.org

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