Verify Experience

If required for the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP BOC) category and route of application, experience must be completed and documented before submitting your application.

To document your laboratory experience you must:

  • Download and print the appropriate documentation form(s) for your category and route of application; see Explore Credentials
  • If your current laboratory experience is ongoing, it must be noted on the form
  • Multiple documentation forms and Letters of Authenticity may be submitted to verify completion of all necessary experience.
  • Have authorized personnel complete and sign the documentation form
  • Have authorized personnel submit a Letter of Authenticity

Completed documentation form(s) and Letter(s) of Authenticity must be uploaded as individual PDF documents in the online application. Refer to the ASCP BOC Documentation Guidelines for complete information.

 

Clinical Laboratory experience must be obtained at an acceptable laboratory, as defined in the eligibility requirements:

    ASCP Credential Categories

    • CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
    • OR DoD CLIP certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
    • OR JCI accreditation;
    • OR Accreditation under ISO 15189.

    ASCPi Credential Categories

    • Clinical experience accredited by JCI, CAP, under ISO 15189, or authorized by a governing regulatory association or Ministry. Countries without a prevalent system of accreditation must have laboratories approved by an International Advisory Board appointed by the ASCP Board of Certification

    Full and Part-Time Experience 

    Full-time experience is defined as a minimum of 35 hours per week. Individuals who have part time experience may utilize part time experience to meet the experience requirements. 

    For example, if you are employed part time 20 hours per week for one year, your experience is computed as 20 hours multiplied by 52 weeks, then divided by 35 (full-time requirement), for the equivalent of 29.7 weeks of full-time employment. 

    The required experience must be completed within the time frame specified in the eligibility requirements, calculated from the date of application.