Hi Michelle, This issue has been discussed at the clinical board meeting and it has been said that moving a carousel from one beaker to another is considered part of the specimen processing steps, making it part of a licensed task. The histology scope of practice includes as a licensed task specimen processing, see Rule 64B3-10.005 (11). This is the same issue with loading and unloading IHC instruments.
The purpose of the specialty of histology is to process cellular and tissue components through methods of fixation, dehydration, embedding, microtomy, frozen sectioning, staining, and other related procedures and techniques employed in the preparation of smears, slides, and tissues. This specialty also encompasses methods for antigen detection and other molecular hybridization testing methods where the purpose is analysis and/or quantification of cellular and tissue components for interpretation by a qualified physician. Technicians licensed in histology are limited to the performance of specimen processing, embedding, cutting, routine and special histologic staining, frozen sectioning and mounting of preparations under the general supervision of a director, supervisor, or technologist. Hope this helps! Jerry Santiago, MSEd, HTL(ASCP)QIHC Florida State College Jacksonville Assistant Professor/HT Program Director 4501 Capper Road Jacksonville, FL 32218 Tel: 904-766-6528 Fax: 904-766-5573 e-mail:jsant...@fscj.edu ________________________________ From: "histot...@imagesbyhopper.com" <histot...@imagesbyhopper.com> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 2:39:48 PM Subject: [Histonet] Florida Law Question - again Hi Histonetters! I posted this the other day, but I guess it nested itself in the April Fools email. So, I thought I would post it again under its own heading! Can anyone tell me (maybe even provide a reg) as to whether or not a lab aide can run the Histos 5 microwave tissue processor? It's semi-automatic, which involves the person (lab aide, tech etc) moving a carousel of cassettes from one beaker to another. Does anyone know if this is considered to be waived, moderate or high complexity testing? Any help is greatly appreciated! Michelle _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet