CLIA regulations are law, but not final word: HemoCue waived; physician microscopy category created
GERRY CLARK
The government has issued its final regulations implementing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA 88), but just how "final" the law is remains to be seen.
Published the last day of the Bush administration, in the Jan. 19 Federal Register, the provisions of the law are effective immediately. However, government officials have established a comment period with a March 22 deadline in which physicians and others affected by the law can register comments.