ASCP, BOC Supports VA Proposal on MLS Scope of Practice

In a formal comment letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), ASCP and the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) urged the agency to finalize a proposal to adopt the ASCP BOC’s scope of practice for medical laboratory scientists. The VA’s proposal would set a national standard of practice for medical laboratory scientists means that medical laboratory scientists at VA locations could have the same scope of practice, regardless of state licensure laws. In addition to commenting on the VA’s scope of practice proposal, the ASCP and ASCP BOC urged the VA to update the professional terminology it uses for baccalaureate-level medical laboratory professionals. We also urged the VA to update its professional nomenclature for this position and use the term, “medical laboratory scientists,” instead of the term, “medical technologist.”

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