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Obtain certification and advance your career in the clinical laboratory with our specialized credential.
Works in various areas of the laboratory, registering patients, collecting samples, and assessing the acceptability of samples for testing. Processes samples for testing including centrifugation, aliquoting, storage, and shipping. Provides support for clinical testing including preparing slides, loading instruments, and reviewing results. Performs waived and point-of-care testing.
Each credential has specific eligibility requirements. It’s your responsibility to confirm that your education, training, and/or experience meet the criteria. Submit the correct documentation with your application. Once submitted, the category and route of application cannot be changed.
Check Your EligibilityAn applicant must be able to verify that they meet all eligibility requirements, including education, training, and/or experience. For complete information, see the Documentation section of the website.
Education does not need to be from the United States. Details are available by reviewing the webpage titled Acceptable Education, also available in the routes below.
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must satisfy the minimum requirements (for degrees, the stated degree or higher) of at least one of the following routes:
An applicant must be able to verify that they meet all eligibility requirements, including education, training, and/or experience. For complete information, see the Documentation section of the website.
Education needs to be equivalent to education from the United States. Details are available by reviewing the webpage titled Acceptable Education, also available in the routes below.
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must satisfy the minimum requirements (for degrees, the stated degree or higher) of at least one of the following routes:
High school graduation or equivalent,
AND successful completion of a NAACLS-accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program within the last 5 years.
The education received from a NAACLS-accredited Medical Laboratory Assistant program is acceptable for a period of 5 years from the date of completion of that program.
High school graduation or equivalent,
AND successful completion of a 50-week U.S. military medical laboratory training course# within the last 10 years.
#Official documentation of your military code (NEC, MOS, AFSC code or 68K), official certificate verifying completion of training, or an official copy of your DD214 form, SRB, or ERB must be uploaded in PDF format as part of completing the online application.
High school graduation or equivalent,
AND 2 years of full-time acceptable clinical* experience as a laboratory assistant in an acceptable laboratory within the last 5 years that must be documented on this Experience Documentation Form.
*Acceptable Clinical Laboratory:
CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR DoD CLIP certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR JCI accreditation;
OR Accreditation under ISO 15189.
Experience
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Medical Laboratory Assistant examination, you must have clinical laboratory experience within the time frame required in all of the following areas:
Associate degree from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university OR 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of academic credit from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university, with 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) in chemistry and 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) in biology,
AND 1 year of full-time acceptable clinical* experience as a laboratory assistant in an acceptable laboratory within the last 5 years that must be documented on this Experience Documentation Form.
*Acceptable Clinical Laboratory:
CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR DoD CLIP certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR JCI accreditation;
OR Accreditation under ISO 15189.
Experience
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Medical Laboratory Assistant examination, you must have clinical laboratory experience within the time frame required in all of the following areas:
Valid PBT(ASCP) certification,
AND 1 year of full-time acceptable clinical* experience as a laboratory assistant in an acceptable laboratory within the last 5 years that must be documented on this Experience Documentation Form.
*Acceptable Clinical Laboratory:
CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR DoD CLIP certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR JCI accreditation;
OR Accreditation under ISO 15189.
Experience
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Medical Laboratory Assistant examination, you must have clinical laboratory experience within the time frame required in all of the following areas:
High school graduation or equivalent,
AND successful completion of an acceptable two-part formal structured medical laboratory assistant program within the last 5 years which consists of classroom training and clinical laboratory training that must be documented on this Structured Program Documentation Form,
AND 6 months of full-time acceptable clinical* experience as a laboratory assistant in an acceptable laboratory within the last 5 years that must be documented on this Experience Documentation Form.
Applicants should not apply until after successful completion of the structured program.
*Acceptable Clinical Laboratory:
CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR DoD CLIP certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation;
OR JCI accreditation;
OR Accreditation under ISO 15189.
Experience
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Medical Laboratory Assistant examination, you must have clinical laboratory experience within the time frame required in all of the following areas:
Beginning January 1, 2026, application fees for all ASCP certification examinations will increase by $10.
You must upload the appropriate documentation form when you apply online, verifying that you meet the training and/or experience requirements for your category and route of application. You will also need to submit an acceptable transcript or transcript evaluation verifying that you meet the academic requirements. Gather your documents before submitting your application and application fee.
Once you have confirmed that you meet the requirements and have gathered your documents, submit your online application.
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