Application Fee: $350

To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:

Route 1: MBA or MHA or other management related Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college/university AND at least two years of full time acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or a CAP/The Joint Commission (JCAHO)/AABB accredited laboratory within the last ten years; or

Route 2: Master's degree from a regionally accredited college/university AND ASCP Board of Registry technologist or specialist certification AND at least two years of full time acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or a CAP/The Joint Commission (JCAHO)/AABB accredited laboratory within the last ten years; or

Route 3: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university AND ASCP Board of Registry technologist or specialist certification AND at least four years of full time acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or a CAP/The Joint Commission (JCAHO)/AABB accredited laboratory within the last ten years; or

Route 4: Doctorate in Medicine, Chemistry, Biology, Immunology, Microbiology, Allied Health, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, or an appropriately related field from a regionally accredited college/university AND at least two years of full time acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or a CAP/The Joint Commission (JCAHO)/AABB accredited laboratory within the last ten years; or

Route 5: Baccalaureate degree in a management or business related field from a regionally accredited college/university AND at least four years of full time acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or a CAP/The Joint Commission (JCAHO)/AABB accredited laboratory within the last ten years; or

Route 6: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university AND at least five years of full time acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or a CAP/The Joint Commission (JCAHO)/AABB accredited laboratory within the last ten years.

Additional Documents Required for the DLM Examination
If you own your own business, you must submit incorporation papaers or other form of ownership documentation. Experience Requirements for Management.

To fulfill the experience requirements for the Diplomate in Laboratory Management examination, you must have experience, within the last ten years, in 20 of the 32 areas listed below.

Financial Management

• Billing and collection
• Budgets
• Capital equipment acquisition
• Cash flow analysis
• Contract negotiations
• Cost analysis
• Financial accounting
• Materials management: Inventory control
• Materials management: purchasing
• Reimbursement issues

Marketing Management

• Consumer relations
• Managed care
• Market research
• Product development

Operations Management

• Information Technology
• Facilities management
• Data management
• Intra/Interdepartmental relations
• Licensure/accreditation
• Performance improvement
• Productivity
• Risk management/medical legal issues
• Safety

Personnel Management

• Conflict resolution
• Counseling/disciplinary action
• Education and training/continuing education
• Job descriptions
• Motivation
• Performance standards/evaluations
• Personnel negotiations
• Staffing/scheduling
• Wage and salary administration