Examination Procedures PDF

2017
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PASS THE CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION.
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NEW INFORMATION ENCLOSED
ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION
U.S. (only)
Procedures for
Examination
& Certification
Cytotechnologist (CT)CM Specialist in Chemistry (SC)CM
Diplomate in Laboratory Management (DLM)CM Specialist in Cytotechnology (SCT)CM
Donor Phlebotomy Technician (DPT)CM Specialist in Hematology (SH)CM
Histotechnician (HT)CM Specialist in Microbiology (SM)CM
Histotechnologist (HTL)CM Technologist in Blood Banking (BB)CM
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Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)CM Technologist in Chemistry (C)CM ®
Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT)CM Technologist in Cytogenetics (CG)CM
ISO/IEC 17024 Pathologists’ Assistant (PA)CM Technologist in Hematology (H)CM
Personnel Certification Body
Phlebotomy Technician (PBT)CM Technologist in Microbiology (M)CM
Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB)CM Technologist in Molecular Biology (MB)CM
The ASCP Board of Certification is an
administratively independent certification agency
that prepares relevant standards and develops
procedures that will assure the competence of
non-physician medical laboratory personnel.
The ASCP Board of Certification certifies those

individuals who meet the academic and clinical
prerequisites and who achieve acceptable
performance levels on examinations.
The Board of Certification does not discriminate among applicants as to age, gender,
race, religion, national origin, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.
Table of Contents
Payments for Online Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About the Board of Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Email Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Applicants with a Disability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
Certification and Certification Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Change of Email Address, Mailing Address and/or Name . 23
Certification Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Applicants with a Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Application Processing
Acknowledgment of Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Certification Categories and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Review of Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Application Fees Application Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Determination of Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Technician Certification Ineligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Donor Phlebotomy Technician, DPT(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Study Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Histotechnician, HT(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Medical Laboratory Assistant, MLA(ASCP). . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Scheduling Your Exam
Medical Laboratory Technician, MLT(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Scheduling Your Appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Phlebotomy Technician, PBT(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Rescheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Cancellation Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Technologist Certification Reapplying for Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Medical Laboratory Scientist, MLS(ASCP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Technologist in Blood Banking, BB(ASCP). . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Examination Administration
Technologist in Chemistry, C(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Computer Adaptive Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Technologist in Cytogenetics, CG(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 What to Bring to the Examination Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cytotechnologist, CT(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Personal Belongings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Technologist in Hematology, H(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10 Personal Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Histotechnologist, HTL(ASCP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Electronic Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Technologist in Microbiology, M(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Reference Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Technologist in Molecular Biology, MB(ASCP). . . . . . . . . . 11
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Examination Irregularities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Taking the Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Specialist Certification
Pathologists’ Assistant, PA(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Examination Results
Specialist in Blood Banking, SBB(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 Emailing of Examination Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Specialist in Chemistry, SC(ASCP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14 Score Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Specialist in Hematology, SH(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Release of Score to Program Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Specialist in Microbiology, SM(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Watch for Your Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Specialist in Cytotechnology, SCT(ASCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Request for Exam Score Submitted to Third Party . . . . . . 29
Verification of Computer Examination Result . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Diplomate Certification Re-examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Diplomate in Laboratory Management, DLM(ASCP). . . 16-17 Maximum Number of Examination Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Official Documents Required Certification

Identify the Examination You’re Applying for and Certification Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Determine your Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Certification Expiration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Documentation Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Revocation of Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Verification of Academic Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31
NAACLS Accredited Programs CMP Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Outside of the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Verification of Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20
Appendix A – Pearson Professional Centers
Full and Part-Time Work Experience Defined . . . . . . . . . . 20
List of Test Centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Foreign Medical Technology Clinical Training Programs . . 20
Verification of Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ASCP Certified Applicants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Appendix B – Acceptable Evaluation Agencies
Foreign Transcript Evaluation Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Application Process

Steps One to Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ASCP Board of Certification
Specialist in Chemistry, SC(ASCP)CM
About the ASCP Board of Certification Specialist in Cytotechnology, SCT(ASCP)CM
Founded in 1928 by the American Society for Clinical Specialist in Hematology, SH(ASCP)CM
Pathology (ASCP), the Board of Certification is widely Specialist in Microbiology, SM(ASCP)CM
accepted as the most influential leader in the field of Technologist in Blood Banking, BB(ASCP)CM
certification of medical laboratory professionals. To date over Technologist in Chemistry, C(ASCP)CM
500,000 individuals have been certified. The ASCP Board of Technologist in Cytogenetics, CG(ASCP)CM
Certification understands the importance of impartiality in Technologist in Hematology, H(ASCP)CM
conducting certification and qualification activities. It manages Technologist in Microbiology, M(ASCP)CM
conflict of interest and ensures objectivity by representative Technologist in Molecular Biology, MB(ASCP)CM
membership on its Board of Governors from other associations ANSI awards accreditation to personnel certification agencies
and societies. The Board of Governors of the ASCP Board of that meet the International ISO Standard 17024.
Certification has 24 members:
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• Five pathologists (nominated by the ASCP); including one

member of the American Society of Hematology Certification and Maintenance of
• Five laboratory professionals (nominated by the ASCP); Certification
including one member of the American Association for Clinical Certification is the process by which a non-governmental
Chemistry agency or association grants recognition of competence to an
• Four representatives from the American Society for Clinical individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications, as
Laboratory Science (ASCLS) specified by the agency or association.
• Two representatives from the Association of Genetic
The ASCP Board of Certification provides a mechanism for
Technologists (AGT)
these individuals to be recognized as having the necessary
2 • One representative from each of the following six additional competence to perform the medical laboratory roles they seek.
participating specialty societies: This mechanism is called certification.
• AABB; American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants;

ASCP BOC certification is time-limited for three years. To remain
American Society for Microbiology; American Society of
valid, certification must be maintained by completing the
Cytopathology; Clinical Laboratory Management
Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) as described on pages
Association; National Society for Histotechnology
30 – 31.
• One public member
• Past Board of Governors Chair
Accreditation
The ASCP Board of Certification is accredited by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) for certification programs
where certificants complete the Credential Maintenance
Program (CMP) and hold the following credentials:
Cytotechnologist, CT(ASCP)CM
Diplomate in Laboratory Management, DLM(ASCP)CM
Donor Phlebotomy Technician, DPT(ASCP)CM
Histotechnician, HT(ASCP)CM
Histotechnologist, HTL(ASCP)CM
Medical Laboratory Scientist, MLS(ASCP)CM
Medical Laboratory Technician, MLT(ASCP)CM
Pathologists’ Assistant, PA(ASCP)CM
Phlebotomy Technician, PBT(ASCP)CM
Specialist in Blood Banking, SBB(ASCP)CM
or achievement level. Such modifications may include providing
Certification Process auxiliary aids and services to an applicant with a disability.
Step 1 Meet the eligibility requirements for the appropriate NOTE: Once a candidate has received their Admission Notification, requests
for testing modifications will not be accepted.
examination category as shown on pages 4 – 17 before
submitting your application.
Step 2 Complete the online application (see page 22) and
submit the following:
Certification Categories and
• Appropriate application fee (credit card or check)
Application Fees
Application fees are non-refundable Application fees are non-refundable. Be sure you
• Necessary documentation required to verify your choose the correct category of examination and you
eligibility (see pages 18 – 21). meet the eligibility requirements as stated and are able to
Step 3 Receive notification by email to take the examination provide the appropriate documentation when submitting
on computer at a Pearson Professional Center within your application form and application fee. If you
a three-month period, upon determination of your determine that you have applied for an incorrect
examination eligibility. certification examination, our office will be unable to
change the category of examination.
Step 4 Schedule an appointment to take the examination within
the three-month period indicated in your admission The Board of Certification does not establish eligibility of
notification. any candidate from information that is supplied via e-mail,
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Step 5 Take the examination at the Pearson Professional Center correspondence, fax, telephone calls or online chats alone.
of your choice. (Appendix A, page 32) Our office must base all decisions on a review and
Immediately after you complete the examination, you will verification of information supplied through formal
see your preliminary pass/fail result on the computer application for examination.
screen.
Category of Examination Application Fee
Step 6 Receive notification email to login and view your final
examination score. Phlebotomy Technician, PBT(ASCP) $135
Step 7 Receive your certificate in approximately 4-6 weeks Donor Phlebotomy Technician, DPT(ASCP) $135
verifying your certification upon passing the Histotechnician, HT(ASCP) $215
examination, valid for three years, and the Credential
Medical Laboratory Assistant, MLA(ASCP) $135 3
Maintenance Program booklet containing information
Medical Laboratory Technician, MLT(ASCP) $215

on maintaining your certification.
Congratulations on your decision to apply for certification by the Medical Laboratory Scientist, MLS(ASCP) $240
ASCP Board of Certification, the certification agency Cytotechnologist, CT(ASCP) $240
representing the majority of the laboratory community. We wish Histotechnologist, HTL(ASCP) $240
you success on your examination. Technologist in Blood Banking, BB(ASCP) $240
Technologist in Chemistry, C(ASCP) $240
Applicants with a Disability Technologist in Cytogenetics, CG(ASCP) $240
Notify the ASCP Board of Certification office in writing at the Technologist in Hematology, H(ASCP) $240
time of application if you wish to request testing modifications. Technologist in Microbiology, M(ASCP) $240
Technologist in Molecular Biology, MB(ASCP) $240
An applicant who wishes to request modifications in the
examination environment because of a disability must notify the Specialist in Blood Banking, SBB(ASCP) $290
ASCP Board of Certification office in writing at the time of
Specialist in Chemistry, SC(ASCP) $290
application and provide a letter of diagnosis from an
Specialist in Cytotechnology, SCT(ASCP) $290
appropriate professional specifying the needed modification.
The ASCP Board of Certification will consider modification of the Specialist in Hematology, SH(ASCP) $290
testing conditions on a case-by-case basis. Specialist in Microbiology, SM(ASCP) $290
Pathologists’ Assistant, PA(ASCP) $530
The ASCP Board of Certification will work directly with the
applicant and proctors at the test centers to make Diplomate in Laboratory Management, $405
modifications in the testing environment which make it possible DLM(ASCP)
for an individual with a disability to take an examination under
conditions which will accurately reflect the individual’s aptitude The requirements and fees stated in this booklet are
subject to change without notice.
Examination Eligibility Requirements
T E C H N I C I A N C E R T I F I C A T I O N
If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your application will

DPT(ASCP) Donor Phlebotomy not be processed.
Technician Route 1: Successful completion of a NAACLS accredited
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must Histotechnician program within the last 5 years prior to the
satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes: date of application for examination.
A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application. The education received from a NAACLS accredited HT
If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your application will program is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from the
not be processed. date of completion of that program. After five years, the
applicant’s eligibility will be based on clinical laboratory
Route 1: PBT (ASCP) certification, AND 25 successful donor
experience as stated in the current examination eligibility
collections in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*
requirements; OR
within the last year;
Route 2: At least 60 semester hours (90 quarter hours) of
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Effective January 1, 2018
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academic credit from a regionally accredited college/university,

the DPT Eligibility Route 1 will be revised as follows:
with a combination of 12 semester hours (18 quarter hours) of
PBT(ASCP) certification, and 50 successful donor
biology and chemistry (must include credit hours in both), or an
collections in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*
associate degree from a regionally accredited
within the last year.
college/university, with a combination of 12 semester hours (18
OR quarter hours) of biology and chemistry (must include credit
hours in both), AND one year full time acceptable experience in
Route 2: High school graduation (or equivalent), AND
a histopathology (clinical, veterinary, industry or research)
completion of an acceptable donor phlebotomy structured
laboratory in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*
program within The Joint Commission or CAP accredited
within the last five years.
4 institution, AND 50 successful donor collections in the U.S.,
* CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR
Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last two years; JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
OR

Laboratory Experience
completion of one year full time acceptable experience as a To fulfill the experience requirement for the Histotechnician
donor phlebotomy technician in an accredited facility in the examination, you must have experience, within the last ten
U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last two years, in ALL of the following areas:
years; OR • Fixation
• Microtomy
• Processing
successful completion of RN, LPN or other accredited allied
• Staining
health professional/occupational education, AND donor
phlebotomy training with 50 successful donor collections in the
U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*. Applicants must MLA(ASCP) Medical Laboratory
submit a notarized copy of their current state/provincial license
Assistant
for RN or LPN or a notarized copy of a certificate of
completion from the accredited allied health program they To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must
completed. satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:
* CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application.
JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
not be processed.
HT(ASCP) Histotechnician
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must successful completion of a NAACLS approved Clinical
satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes: Assistant (CA) program within the last five years.
A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application.
The education received from a NAACLS approved Clinical The education received from a NAACLS or ABHES accredited
Assistant (CA) program is acceptable for a period of five (5) MLT program is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from
years from the date of completion of that program. After five the date of completion of that program. After five years, the
years, the applicant’s eligibility will be based on clinical applicant’s eligibility will be based on clinical laboratory
laboratory experience as stated in the current examination experience as stated in the current examination eligibility
eligibility requirements; OR requirements; OR
Route 2: High school graduation (or equivalent), AND Route 2: An associate degree or at least 60 semester hours
successful completion of a 50 week U.S. military medical (90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally
laboratory training course* within the last ten years; OR accredited college/university, including 6 semester hours (9
quarter hours) of chemistry and 6 semester hours (9 quarter
Route 3: High school graduation (or equivalent), AND two
hours) of biology, AND CLA(ASCP)* certification; OR
years of full time acceptable clinical laboratory** experience as
a laboratory assistant within the last five years; OR Route 3: An associate degree or at least 60 semester hours
(90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally
Route 4: Associate degree or at least 60 semester hours (90
accredited college/university, including 6 semester hours (9
quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally accredited
college/university, including 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours)
hours) of biology, AND successful completion of a 50 week
of chemistry and 6 semester hours (9 quarter hours) of biology,
U.S. military medical laboratory training course within the last
AND one year of full time acceptable clinical laboratory**
ten years**; OR
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experience as a laboratory assistant within the last five years;
OR Route 4: An associate degree or at least 60 semester hours
(90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a regionally
Route 5: PBT(ASCP) certification, AND one year of full time
accredited college/university, including 6 semester hours (9
acceptable clinical laboratory** experience as a laboratory
assistant within the last five years; OR
hours) of biology, AND three years full time acceptable clinical
Route 6: High school graduation (or equivalent), AND laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry,
successful completion of an acceptable two part formal Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology, and Urinalysis/Body
structured medical laboratory assistant program in the U.S., Fluids in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*** within
Canada or an accredited laboratory** within the last five years the last six years.
which consists of classroom training and clinical laboratory 5
* CLA(ASCP) certification was discontinued in 1982. Only applicants previously
training, AND six months of full time acceptable clinical certified CLA(ASCP) may apply under Route 2.

laboratory** experience as a laboratory assistant within the last ** Official or notarized documentation of your military code (NEC, MOS, or AFSC
code or 68K), certificate verifying completion of training or letter from Program
five years. Director documenting program completion date or notarized copy of your
* Official or notarized documentation of your military code (NEC, MOS, or AFSC DD214 form or ER.B must be mailed to the BOC upon completion of the
code or 68K), certificate verifying completion of training or letter from Program online application. For detailed information visit page 20.
Director documenting program completion date or notarized copy of your *** CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR
DD214 form or ER.B must be mailed to the BOC upon completion of the JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
online application.
** CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR
JCI accreditation; OR
accreditation under ISO 15189
MLT(ASCP) Medical Laboratory

Technician
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must
satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:

not be processed.
Route 1: An associate degree or at least 60 semester hours

(90 quarter hours) of academic credit from a college/university
accredited by a recognized regional or national accreditation
agency, AND successful completion of a NAACLS or ABHES
accredited MLT program within the last 5 years.
The Board of Certification provides excellence
in certification of laboratory professionals on
behalf of patients worldwide.
including venipunctures and skin successful unaided non-donor blood

PBT(ASCP) Phlebotomy punctures; OR collections including venipunctures and
Technician Route 3: High school graduation (or
skin punctures in an accredited
laboratory* within the last 5 years; OR
To be eligible for this examination equivalent), AND completion of one
category, an applicant must satisfy the year full time acceptable work Route 7: High school graduation (or
requirements of at least one of the experience as a phlebotomy technician equivalent), AND completion of a
following routes: in an accredited laboratory* within the phlebotomy program approved by the
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last five years. This experience must California Department of Public Health**
A Route of Eligibility MUST be
include venipunctures and skin within the last five years.
indicated on your application. If no
punctures. (Full time experience is * CMS CLIA certificate of registration,
Route of Eligibility is designated, your
considered thirty-five hours per week); compliance, accreditation; OR
application will not be processed. JCI accreditation; OR
OR accreditation under ISO 15189
Route 1: High school graduation (or
Route 4: High school graduation (or ** If you are a California resident and have
equivalent), AND completion of a
equivalent), AND successful completion completed a California Dept. of Public Health
NAACLS approved phlebotomy approved phlebotomy program in the State of
of RN, LPN or other acceptable California, a training documentation form is
program within the last five years.
accredited allied health required. Download training documentation
The education received from a NAACLS form (PDF). The training documentation form
6 professional/occupational education must be completed by your program official and
approved PBT program is acceptable which includes phlebotomy training and attached to a letter of authenticity, printed on
for a period of five (5) years from the original letterhead, state that the training
orientation in an accredited laboratory*
documentation form was completed by your
date of completion of that program. with a minimum performance of 100 program official and include the date and
After five years, the applicant’s eligibility successful unaided blood collections signature of the program official verifying the
accuracy of the information on the training
will be based on clinical laboratory including venipunctures and skin documention form. If you are applying for
experience as stated in the current punctures. Applicants must submit a California Licensure, a Third Party Verification
Request link will be made available on the online
examination eligibility requirements; OR notarized copy of their current examinee score report providing instructions for
Route 2: High school graduation (or state/provincial license for RN or LPN requesting verification to be submitted to the
California state licensing board. You may also
equivalent), AND completion of an or notarized copy of a certificate of place a third party verification request by going
acceptable two-part formal structured completion from the accredited allied to this link: www.ascp.org/verification. Do not
place a third party verification request until
phlebotomy program in the U.S., health program they completed; OR
successful completion of the examination and
Canada or an accredited laboratory receipt of your score report. There is a $16
Route 5: MT/MLS(ASCP) or service fee (payable by credit card) associated
within the last five years. This two-part MLT(ASCP) certification; OR with requesting third party verification.
program, to be arranged by the
Route 6: DPT(ASCP) certification AND
program director, must consist of: 40
a minimum performance of 100
clock hours of classroom training,
including anatomy and physiology of
the circulatory system, specimen
collection, specimen processing and The PBT(ASCP) Phlebotomy Technician
handling, and laboratory operations
(e.g., safety, quality control, etc.), AND category requires applicants to satisfy one
100 clock hours of clinical training and
orientation in an accredited laboratory* of seven different routes.
with a minimum performance of 100
successful unaided blood collections
Examination Eligibility Requirements
TECHNOLOGIST CERTIFICATION
chemistry (with one semester in organic or biochemistry), one

MLS(ASCP) Medical Laboratory semester (one quarter) of mathematics, AND five years of full
Scientist time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in Blood
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must Banking, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology
satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes: and Urinalysis/Body Fluids in the U.S., Canada or an
accredited laboratory* within the last ten years.
A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your
application. If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
application will not be processed. ** CLA(ASCP) certification was discontinued in 1982. Only applicants previously
certified as CLA(ASCP) may apply under Route 3.
Route 1: A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
college/university including courses in biological science,
chemistry and mathematics, AND successful completion of a BB(ASCP) Technologist in Blood
NAACLS accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist program Banking
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within the last 5 years.
The education received from a NAACLS accredited MLS satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:
program is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from the
date of completion of that program. After five years, the
not be processed.
requirements; OR Route 1: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification, AND a baccalaureate
degree from a regionally accredited college/university; OR
Route 2: MLT(ASCP) certification, AND a baccalaureate
degree from a regionally accredited college/university, Route 2: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited 7
including 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological college/university, with a major in biological science or

science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester chemistry, or baccalaureate degree from a regionally
hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry (with one semester in accredited college/university with a combination of 30
organic or biochemistry), one semester (one quarter) of semester hours (45 quarter hours) of biology, chemistry and/or
mathematics, AND two years of full time acceptable clinical medical sciences, AND one year full time acceptable clinical
laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, laboratory experience in blood banking in the U.S., Canada or
Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology and Urinalysis/Body an accredited laboratory* within the last five years; OR
Fluids in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within Route 3: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
the last four years; OR college/university, with a major in biological science or
Route 3: CLA(ASCP)** certification, AND a baccalaureate chemistry, or baccalaureate degree from a regionally
degree from a regionally accredited college/university, accredited college/university with a combination of 30
including 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of biological semester hours (45 quarter hours) of biology, chemistry and/or
science (with one semester in microbiology), 16 semester medical sciences, AND successful completion of a structured
hours (24 quarter hours) of chemistry (with one semester in program in blood banking under the auspices of a NAACLS
organic or biochemistry), one semester (one quarter) of accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist Program** within the
mathematics, AND four years of full time acceptable clinical last five years. The structured program in blood banking must
laboratory experience in Blood Banking, Chemistry, be equivalent to the curriculum for blood banking in the
Hematology, Microbiology, Immunology and Urinalysis/Body Medical Laboratory Scientist Program; OR
Fluids in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within Route 4: Master’s or doctorate in chemistry, biology,
the last eight years; OR immunology, immunohematology, microbiology, allied health,
Route 4: A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited clinical laboratory sciences or an appropriately related field,
college/university, including 16 semester hours (24 quarter from a regionally accredited college/university, AND six months
hours) of biological science (with one semester in full time acceptable clinical laboratory experience in blood
microbiology), 16 semester hours (24 quarter hours) of banking in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*
Donor Collection, Processing and Program** within the last five years. The
within the last five years; OR
Testing (Proficiency may be structured program in chemistry must
Route 5: Baccalaureate degree or post demonstrated through performance, be equivalent to the curriculum for
baccalaureate degree in medical observation or simulation) chemistry in the Medical Laboratory
laboratory science from a regionally Scientist Program; OR
• Donor selection, preparation and
accredited college/university, or a
collection Route 4: Master’s degree (or
baccalaureate degree from a regionally
• Processing and donor testing equivalent) in chemistry or an
accredited college/university with 30
• Component preparation for storage appropriately related field, from a
semester hours (45 quarter hours) in
and administration regionally accredited college/university,
the biological, chemical and/or medical
AND six months full time acceptable
sciences, AND successful completion
clinical laboratory experience in
of a program accredited by NAACLS as
C(ASCP) Technologist chemistry in the U.S., Canada or an
a Medical Laboratory Scientist
Program** within the last five years. in Chemistry accredited laboratory* within the last
five years; OR
* CMS CLIA certificate of registration, To be eligible for this examination
compliance, accreditation; OR Route 5: Baccalaureate degree or post
category, an applicant must satisfy the
JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO
15189 requirements of at least one of the baccalaureate degree in medical
** A training documentation form is required following routes: laboratory science from a regionally
(www.ascp.org/certification). The training accredited college/university, or a
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documentation form must be completed by the A Route of Eligibility MUST be

program director and attached to a Letter of baccalaureate degree from a regionally
indicated on your application. If no
Authenticity, printed on original letterhead, state accredited college/university with 30
that the training documentation form was Route of Eligibility is designated, your
completed by the program director and include
semester hours (45 quarter hours) in
application will not be processed.
the date and signature of the program director the biological, chemical and/or medical
verifying the accuracy of the information on the
Route 1: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification, sciences, AND successful completion
training documentation form.
AND a baccalaureate degree from a of a program accredited by NAACLS as
Clinical Laboratory regionally accredited college/university; a Medical Laboratory Scientist
OR Program** within the last five years.
Experience
* CMS CLIA certificate of registration,
Route 2: Baccalaureate degree from a
8 To fulfill the experience requirement for compliance, accreditation; OR
regionally accredited college/university, JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO
the Technologist in Blood Banking 15189
with a major in biological science or
examination, you must have clinical ** A training documentation form is required

chemistry, or baccalaureate degree (www.ascp.org/certification). The training
laboratory experience within the last five
from a regionally accredited documentation form must be completed by the
years in all of the following procedures: program director and attached to a Letter of
college/university with a combination of
Authenticity, printed on original letterhead, state
Serologic Testing 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) of that the training documentation form was
biology, chemistry and/or medical completed by the program director and include
• ABO and Rh typing the date and signature of the program director
sciences, AND one year full time verifying the accuracy of the information on the
• Antibody detection and identification
acceptable clinical laboratory training documentation form.
• Crossmatching
experience in chemistry in the U.S.,
• Direct antiglobulin tests Canada or an accredited laboratory* Clinical Laboratory
• Test for other blood group antigens within the last five years; OR Experience
Routine Problem Solving Route 3: Baccalaureate degree from a To fulfill the experience requirement for
• Transfusion reactions regionally accredited college/university, the Technologist in Chemistry
with a major in biological science or examination, you must have clinical
• Immune hemolytic anemias
chemistry, or baccalaureate degree laboratory experience within the last five
• Indications for transfusion from a regionally accredited years in 8 of the 15 procedures listed:
• Hemolytic disease of the fetus college/university with a combination of • Blood gases
and newborn (HDFN) 30 semester hours (45 quarter hours) of
• Carbohydrates
• Rh immune globulin studies biology, chemistry and/or medical
sciences, AND successful completion • Electrolytes
Quality Control/Quality Assurance of a structured program in chemistry • Electrophoresis
• Reagents, equipment under the auspices of a NAACLS • Enzymes
accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist
Laboratory Operations • Heme compounds
• Immunochemistry
CT(ASCP) Cytotechnologist
• Lipids/lipoproteins
• Non-protein nitrogen compounds
satisfy the requirements of the following route:
• Point-of-care
Route 1: Baccalaureate degree or higher from a regionally
• Proteins
accredited college/university, AND successful completion of
• Quality control program management
a CAAHEP accredited Cytotechnology program within the last
• Therapeutic drug monitoring 5 years.
• Toxicology
The education received from a CAAHEP accredited CT
• Vitamins/hormones program is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from the
date of completion of that program.
CG(ASCP) Cytogenetics
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must H(ASCP) Technologist in Hematology
satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes: To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must
A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application. satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:
If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your application will A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application.
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not be processed. If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your application will
Route 1: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited not be processed.
college/university including courses in biological science, Route 1: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification, AND a baccalaureate
chemistry and mathematics, AND successful completion of a degree from a regionally accredited college/university; OR
NAACLS accredited cytogenetics education program within
Route 2: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
the last 5 years.
college/university, with a major in biological science or
The education received from a NAACLS accredited CG chemistry, or baccalaureate degree from a regionally
program is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from the accredited college/university with a combination of 30
date of completion of that program. After five years, the semester hours (45 quarter hours) of biology, chemistry and/or
9
medical sciences, AND one year full time acceptable clinical
experience as stated in the current examination eligibility laboratory experience in hematology in the U.S., Canada or an

requirements; OR accredited laboratory* within the last five years; OR
Route 2: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited Route 3: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
college/university with a major in biological science or college/university, with a major in biological science or
chemistry, or baccalaureate degree including 30 semester chemistry, or baccalaureate degree from a regionally
hours (45 quarter hours) of college course work in the accredited college/university with a combination of 30
biological, chemical and/or medical sciences from a regionally semester hours (45 quarter hours) of biology, chemistry and/or
accredited college/university, AND one year full time medical sciences, AND successful completion of a structured
acceptable work experience within the last three years in a program in hematology under the auspices of a NAACLS
cytogenetics laboratory* in the U.S., Canada or an accredited accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist Program** within the
laboratory;** OR last five years. The structured program in hematology must be
Route 3: Graduate level degree (Master’s or Doctorate) in equivalent to the curriculum for hematology in the Medical
Genetics or Molecular Biology from a regionally accredited Laboratory Scientist Program; OR
college/university, AND nine months full time acceptable work Route 4: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in biology, chemistry
experience within the last three years in an accredited clinical or an appropriately related field, from a regionally accredited
cytogenetics laboratory* in the U.S., Canada or an accredited college/university, AND six months full time acceptable clinical
laboratory**. laboratory experience in hematology in the U.S., Canada or an
* A clinical cytogenetics laboratory is defined as one capable of providing accredited laboratory* within the last five years; OR
individuals with knowledge and practical experience in clinical cytogenetics
such as primary cell culture and harvest, slide preparation and staining, Route 5: Baccalaureate degree or post baccalaureate degree
chromosome analysis, microscopic and image analysis, and molecular
techniques (e.g., fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and microarray).
in medical laboratory science from a regionally accredited
** CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR college/university, or a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189 accredited college/university with 30 semester hours (45
quarter hours) in the biological, chemical and/or medical hours in both), AND one year full time acceptable experience in
sciences, AND successful completion of a program accredited a histopathology (clinical*, veterinary, industry or research)
by NAACLS as a Medical Laboratory Scientist Program** laboratory in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*
within the last five years. within the last five years.
* CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR * CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR
JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189 JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
** A training documentation form is required (www.ascp.org/certification). This
form must be completed by the program director and attached to a Letter of
Authenticity, printed on original letterhead, state that the training
Clinical Laboratory Experience
documentation form was completed by the program director and include the
date and signature of the program director verifying the accuracy of the
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Histotechnologist
information on the form. examination, you must have experience, within the time frame
required in ALL of the following areas:
Clinical Laboratory Experience • Fixation • Processing
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Technologist in • Microtomy • Staining
Hematology examination, you must have clinical laboratory
experience within the time frame required in all of the following
procedures:
M(ASCP) Technologist in
• Blood smear, evaluation and differential
Microbiology
• Complete blood count To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must
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• Routine coagulation tests (e.g., PT, APTT, D-dimer)
• Quality Control: performance and evaluation A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application.
Experience is also required within the last ten years in 2 of the not be processed.
3 procedures listed:
Route 1: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification, AND a baccalaureate
• Instrument maintenance/Troubleshooting
degree from a regionally accredited college/university; OR
• Miscellaneous tests (e.g., ESR, sickle screen, manual cell
count, reticulocyte) Route 2: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
10 • Other coagulation tests (e.g., fibrinogen, factor assays)
chemistry, or baccalaureate degree from a regionally
HTL(ASCP) Histotechnologist

not be processed.

college/university with a combination of 30 semester hours (45
quarter hours) of biology and chemistry (must include credit
hours in both), AND successful completion of a NAACLS
accredited Histotechnician or Histotechnology program within
the last 5 years.
The education received from a NAACLS accredited HT/HTL

program is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from the
date of completion of that program. After five years, the
requirements; OR

college/university with a combination of 30 semester hours (45
quarter hours) of biology and chemistry (must include credit
accredited college/university with a combination of 30 Route 1: ASCP certified as a technologist (MT/MLS, CG, CT,
semester hours (45 quarter hours) of biology, chemistry and/or HTL, BB, C, H, I or M) or specialist (SBB, SC, SCT, SH, SI,
medical sciences, AND one year full time acceptable clinical SM or SV), AND a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
laboratory experience in microbiology in the U.S., Canada or accredited college/university; OR
an accredited laboratory* within the last five years; OR
Route 3: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college/university including courses in biological science,
college/university, with a major in biological science or chemistry and mathematics, AND successful completion of a
chemistry, or baccalaureate degree from a regionally NAACLS accredited diagnostic molecular science program,
accredited college/university with a combination of 30 within the last 5 years.
semester hours (45 quarter hours) of biology, chemistry and/or
The education received from a NAACLS accredited program
medical sciences, AND successful completion of a structured
is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from the date of
program in microbiology under the auspices of a NAACLS
completion of that program. After five years, the applicant’s
accredited Medical Laboratory Scientist Program** within the
eligibility will be based on clinical laboratory experience as
last five years. The structured program in microbiology must
stated in the current examination eligibility requirements; OR
be equivalent to the curriculum for microbiology in the Medical
Laboratory Scientist Program; OR Route 3: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
Route 4: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in microbiology, or an
chemistry, or baccalaureate degree from a regionally
appropriately related field, from a regionally accredited
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accredited college/university with a combination of 30
college/university, AND six months full time acceptable clinical
semester hours (45 quarter hours) of biology, chemistry and/or
laboratory experience in microbiology in the U.S., Canada or
medical sciences, AND one year full time acceptable
experience (clinical, veterinary, industry or research) in a
Route 5: Baccalaureate degree or post baccalaureate degree molecular biology laboratory* in the U.S., Canada or an
in medical laboratory science from a regionally accredited accredited laboratory** within the last five years; OR
college/university, or a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
Route 4: Graduate level degree (Master’s or Doctorate) in
accredited college/university with 30 semester hours (45
molecular biology, chemistry, biology, immunology,
quarter hours) in the biological, chemical and/or medical
microbiology, allied health, clinical laboratory sciences, or an
sciences, AND successful completion of a program accredited
by NAACLS as a Medical Laboratory Scientist Program**
appropriately related field from a regionally accredited 11
college/university, AND six months full time acceptable
within the last five years.

experience (clinical, veterinary, industry or research) in a
molecular biology laboratory* in the U.S., Canada or an
** A training documentation form is required (www.ascp.org). This form must be
accredited laboratory** within the last five years.
completed by the program director and attached to a Letter of Authenticity, * A molecular biology laboratory is defined as one capable of providing
printed on original letterhead, state that the training documentation form was individuals with knowledge and practical experience in all aspects of molecular
completed by the program director and include the date and signature of the methods including, but not limited to, nucleic acid isolation, amplification,
program director verifying the accuracy of the information on the form. detection, sequencing, hybridization techniques, and data analysis.
** CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR
Clinical Laboratory Experience JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Technologist in Clinical Laboratory Experience
Microbiology examination, you must have experience, within
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Technologist in
the last ten years, in 3 of 6 of the following areas:
Molecular Biology examination, you must have laboratory
• Bacteriology • Mycology
experience, within the timeframe required, in one of the
• Molecular Microbiology • Parasitology
following areas:
• Mycobacteriology • Virology
• Genetics/Genomics (e.g., genotyping, gene disorders,
phamacogenomics)
MB(ASCP) Technologist in Molecular
• Oncology (e.g., hematologic lymphoid neoplasms/neoplasia,
Biology solid tumor gene markers)
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must • Histocompatibility (DNA-based)
• Infectious Disease (molecular microbiology/virology)
A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application. • Molecular Identity Testing (e.g., bone marrow engraftment,
If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your application will paternity, forensic)
not be processed.
Specialist Certification
Canada within the last five years; OR

PA(ASCP) Pathologists’ Assistant
Route 5: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or BB(ASCP)
certification, AND a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
satisfy the following route:
accredited college/university, AND three years of full-time
Route 1: Minimum of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally acceptable experience as an academic educator in clinical
accredited college/university, AND successful completion of a blood banking at a regionally accredited college/university in
NAACLS accredited Pathologists’ Assistant program within the the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last
last five years. six years. These three years of experience must be acquired
post baccalaureate degree; OR
The education received from a NAACLS accredited PA
program is acceptable for a period of five (5) years from the Route 6: Master’s or Doctorate degree in chemistry, biology,
date of completion of that program. immunology, immunohematology, microbiology, allied health,
clinical laboratory sciences, or an appropriately related field,
from a regionally accredited college/university AND three years
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SBB(ASCP) Specialist in Blood of full time acceptable experience as an academic educator in

Banking clinical blood banking in a regionally accredited
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must college/university in the U.S., Canada or an accredited
satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes: laboratory* within the last six years. These three years of
experience must be acquired post baccalaureate degree.
If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your application will JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
not be processed. ** A copy of the certificate of completion of the post-doctoral fellowship is
required.
12 college/university including biological science, chemistry and Clinical Laboratory Experience
mathematics courses, AND successful completion of a
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Specialist in Blood

CAAHEP accredited Specialist in Blood Bank Technology
Banking examination, you must have clinical laboratory
program within the last five years; OR
experience within the time frame required in all of the following
Route 2: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or BB(ASCP) procedures:
certification, AND a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
Serologic Testing
accredited college/university, AND three years of full time
acceptable experience in the clinical laboratory in blood • ABO and Rh typing
banking in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* • Antibody detection and identification
within the last six years. These three years of experience must • Crossmatching
be acquired post baccalaureate degree; OR • Direct antiglobulin tests
Route 3: Master’s or Doctorate degree in chemistry, biology, • Tests for other blood group antigens
immunology, immunohematology, microbiology, allied health,
Routine Problem Solving
clinical laboratory sciences, or an appropriately related field,
• Transfusion reactions
from a regionally accredited college/university, AND three years
of full time acceptable experience in the clinical laboratory in • Immune hemolytic anemias
blood banking in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* • Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN)
within the last six years. These three years of experience must • Rh immune globulin evaluation
be acquired post baccalaureate degree; OR
Quality Control/Quality Assurance
Route 4: Doctorate degree in chemistry, biology, immunology, • Reagents, equipment
immunohematology, microbiology, allied health, clinical Laboratory Operations
laboratory sciences, or an appropriately related field, from a
Donor Collection, Processing and Testing (Proficiency may
regionally accredited college/university, AND two years of post-
be demonstrated through performance, observation or
doctoral fellowship** in clinical blood banking in the U.S. or
simulation)
To assure the continued competence of medical laboratory personnel, the Certification
Maintenance Program (CMP) was developed. The CMP provides an opportunity to obtain a
wide variety of learning experiences that demonstrate your professional competency and
dedication to excellence in the workplace.
• Donor selection, preparation and collection Route 5: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or C(ASCP) certification,
• Processing or confirmatory testing AND a baccalaureate or master’s degree from a regionally
• Component preparation for storage and administration accredited college/university, AND three years of full-time
acceptable experience as an academic educator in clinical
chemistry at a regionally accredited college/university in the
SC(ASCP) Specialist in Chemistry U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last six
years. These three years of experience must be acquired post
baccalaureate degree; OR
Route 6: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or C(ASCP) certification,
AND a doctorate in chemistry, biology, immunology,
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not be processed.
Route 1: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or C(ASCP) certification, college/university, AND one year of full-time acceptable
AND a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited experience as an academic educator in clinical chemistry at a
college/university, AND three years of full time acceptable regionally accredited college/university in the U.S. or Canada
experience in the clinical laboratory in chemistry in the U.S., or an accredited laboratory* within the last five years.
Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last six years. * CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, accreditation; OR
These three years of experience must be acquired post JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
baccalaureate degree; OR ** A copy of the certificate of completion of the post-doctoral fellowship is
required.
Route 2: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in chemistry, biology, 13
immunology, microbiology, allied health, clinical laboratory Clinical Laboratory Experience

sciences, or an appropriately related field, from a regionally
To fulfill the experience requirement for the Specialist in
accredited college/university, AND three years of full time
Chemistry examination, you must have clinical laboratory
acceptable experience in the clinical laboratory in chemistry in
experience within the time frame required in eight of the fifteen
the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last
procedures listed:
six years. These three years of experience must be acquired
post baccalaureate degree; OR • Blood gases
• Carbohydrates
Route 3: Doctorate in chemistry, biology, immunology,
• Chromatography
appropriately related field, from a regionally accredited • Electrolytes
college/university, AND two years of post-doctoral fellowship** • Electrophoresis
in clinical chemistry in the U.S. or Canada or two years of full • Enzymes
time acceptable experience in the clinical laboratory in • Heme compounds
chemistry in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* • Hormones/vitamins
within the last five years. These two years of experience must
• Immunochemistry
be acquired post baccalaureate degree; OR
• Lipids/lipoproteins
Route 4: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or C(ASCP) certification, • Non-protein nitrogen compounds
• Proteins
• Therapeutic drug
monitoring
college/university, AND one year of full-time acceptable
laboratory experience in chemistry (clinical, or research) in the • Toxicology
U.S. or Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last five • Point-of-care
years; OR
Experience is also required in two of the six procedures listed: Route 5: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or H(ASCP) certification,
• Test development/ AND a baccalaureate or master’s degree from a regionally
validation accredited college/university, AND three years of full-time
• Procurement of laboratory acceptable experience as an academic educator in clinical
equipment hematology at a regionally accredited college/university in the
U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last six
• Quality management
years. These three years of experience must be acquired post
• Regulatory compliance
baccalaureate degree; OR
• Supervisory experience
Route 6: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or H(ASCP) certification,
• Teaching
SH(ASCP) Specialist in Hematology appropriately related field, from a regionally accredited
To be eligible for this examination category, an applicant must college/university, AND one year of full-time acceptable
satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes: experience as an academic educator in clinical hematology at
a regionally accredited college/university in the U.S. or Canada
A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application. or an accredited laboratory* within the last five years.
not be processed. JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
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** A copy of the certificate of completion of the post-doctoral fellowship is

Route 1: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or H(ASCP) certification, required.
AND a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited
college/university, AND three years of full time acceptable Clinical Laboratory Experience
experience in the clinical laboratory in hematology in the U.S.,
Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last six years. To fulfill the experience requirement for the Specialist in
These three years of experience must be acquired post Hematology examination, you must have clinical laboratory
baccalaureate degree; OR experience within the time frame required in all of the following
procedures:
Route 2: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in chemistry, biology,
immunology, microbiology, allied health, clinical laboratory • Blood smear, evaluation and differential
14 sciences, or an appropriately related field, from a regionally • Complete blood count
accredited college/university, AND three years of full time • Instrument maintenance/Troubleshooting
acceptable experience in the clinical laboratory in hematology • Miscellaneous tests (e.g., ESR, sickle screen, manual cell
in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last count, reticulocyte)
six years. These three years of experience must be acquired • Quality control: performance and evaluation
post baccalaureate degree; OR • Routine coagulation tests (e.g., PT, APTT, and D-dimer)
Route 3: Doctorate in chemistry, biology, immunology, • Other coagulation tests (e.g., fibrinogen, factor assays)
microbiology, allied health, clinical laboratory sciences, or an Experience in performing, supervising or teaching five of the
appropriately related field, from a regionally accredited twelve procedures listed is also required:
college/university, AND two years of post-doctoral fellowship**
• Advanced coagulation (e.g., inhibitor assays)
in clinical hematology in the U.S. or Canada or two years of full
• Body fluid evaluation
time acceptable experience in the clinical laboratory in
• Bone marrow prep or evaluation
hematology in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*
• Budgeting/inventory control/purchasing
within the last five years. These two years of experience must
• Cytochemical stains
be acquired post baccalaureate; OR
• Flow cytometry
Route 4: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or H(ASCP) certification • Hemoglobinopathy evaluation
AND a doctorate in chemistry, biology, immunology, • Method evaluation
microbiology, allied health, clinical laboratory sciences, or an • Personnel management
appropriately related field, from a regionally accredited • Platelet function studies
college/university, AND one year of full-time acceptable • PT/PTT mixing studies
laboratory experience in hematology (clinical, or research) in • QA/QI
the U.S. or Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last
five years; OR
Route 4: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or • Bacteriology
SM(ASCP) Specialist in M(ASCP) certification, AND a doctorate • Molecular Microbiology
Microbiology in chemistry, biology, immunology, • Mycobacteriology
microbiology, allied health, clinical • Mycology
To be eligible for this examination
laboratory sciences, or an appropriately • Parasitology
category, an applicant must satisfy the
related field, from a regionally • Virology
requirements of at least one of the
accredited college/university, AND one
following routes:
year of full-time acceptable laboratory
A Route of Eligibility MUST be experience in microbiology ( clinical or,
SCT(ASCP) Specialist
indicated on your application. If no research) in the U.S. or Canada or an in Cytotechnology
Route of Eligibility is designated, your accredited laboratory* within the last To be eligible for this examination
application will not be processed. five years; OR category, an applicant must satisfy the
Route 1: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or Route 5: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or requirements of at least one of the
M(ASCP) certification, AND a M(ASCP) certification, AND a following routes:
baccalaureate degree from a regionally baccalaureate or master’s degree from Route 1: CT(ASCP) certification, AND a
accredited college/university, AND three a regionally accredited baccalaureate degree or higher from a
years of full time acceptable experience college/university, AND three years of regionally accredited college/university,
in the clinical laboratory in microbiology full time acceptable experience as an AND three years of full time acceptable
in the U.S., Canada or an accredited
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academic educator in clinical experience in the clinical laboratory in
laboratory* within the last six years. microbiology at a regionally accredited cytology or in the U.S., Canada or an
These three years of experience must college/university in the U.S., Canada accredited laboratory* within the last six
be acquired post baccalaureate degree; or an accredited laboratory* within the years. These three years of experience
OR last six years. These three years of must be obtained following CT(ASCP)
Route 2: Master’s degree (or experience must be acquired post certification.
equivalent) in chemistry, biology, baccalaureate degree; OR
Route 2: CT(ASCP) certification, AND a
immunology, microbiology, allied health, Route 6: MT/MLS(ASCP) certification or baccalaureate degree or higher from a
clinical laboratory sciences, or an M(ASCP) certification, AND a doctorate regionally accredited college/university,
appropriately related field, from a in chemistry, biology, immunology, AND three years of full time acceptable 15
regionally accredited college/university, microbiology, allied health, clinical experience as an academic educator in

AND three years of full time acceptable laboratory sciences, or an appropriately clinical cytology at a regionally
experience in the clinical laboratory in related field, from a regionally accredited college/university in the
microbiology in the U.S., Canada or an accredited college/university, AND one U.S., Canada, or an accredited
accredited laboratory* within the last six year of fulltime acceptable experience laboratory* within the last six years.
years. These three years of experience as an academic educator in clinical These three years of experience must
must be acquired post baccalaureate microbiology at a regionally accredited be obtained following CT(ASCP)
degree; OR college/university in the U.S. or Canada certification.
Route 3: Doctorate in chemistry, or an accredited laboratory* within the
* CMS CLIA certificate of registration,
biology, immunology, microbiology, last five years. compliance, accreditation; OR
JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO
allied health, clinical laboratory * CMS CLIA certificate of registration,
15189
compliance, accreditation; OR
sciences, or an appropriately related JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO
field, from a regionally accredited 15189
college/university, AND two years of ** A copy of the certificate of completion of the
post-doctoral fellowship is required.
post-doctoral fellowship** in clinical
microbiology in the U.S. or Canada or
two years of full time acceptable
Clinical Laboratory
experience in the clinical laboratory in Experience
microbiology in the U.S., Canada or an To fulfill the experience requirement for
accredited laboratory* within the last the Specialist in Microbiology
five years. These two years of examination, you must have
experience must be acquired post experience, within the time frame
baccalaureate degree; OR required in four of six of the following
areas:
Diplomate Certification
DLM(ASCP) Diplomate in Laboratory Additional Documents Required for the

Management DLM Examination
If you own your own business, you must submit incorporation
papers or other form of ownership documentation.
A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application. Experience Requirements for

not be processed.
Management
To fulfill the experience requirements for the Diplomate in
Route 1: MBA or MHA or other management related Master’s
Laboratory Management examination, you must have
degree from a regionally accredited college/university, AND at
experience, within the time frame required, in twenty-two of
least two years of full time acceptable experience in clinical
the thirty-five areas listed below:
laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or
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an accredited laboratory* within the last five years; OR Financial Management
Route 2: Master’s degree from a regionally accredited • Billing

college/university, AND ASCP Board of Certification • Budgets
technologist/scientist or specialist certification, AND at least • Capital equipment acquisition
two years of full time acceptable experience in clinical • Cash flow analysis
laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or • Contract negotiations
• Cost analysis
Route 3: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited • Financial accounting
college/university, AND ASCP Board of Certification • Labor resource management
16 technologist/scientist or specialist certification, AND at least
• Materials management
four years of full time acceptable experience in clinical
• Utilization/reimbursement management
laboratory supervision or management in the U.S., Canada or
an accredited laboratory* within the last eight years; OR Operations Management
Route 4: Doctorate in medicine, chemistry, biology, • Communications

immunology, microbiology, allied health, clinical laboratory • Data management
sciences, or an appropriately related field from a regionally • Development, evaluation, and/or validation of new
accredited college/university, AND at least two years of full technology/tests
time acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or • Facilities management
management in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory*
• Information technology
within the last five years; OR
• Intra/Interdepartmental relations
Route 5: Baccalaureate degree in a management or business • Marketing
related field from a regionally accredited college/university,
• Safety and emergency management
AND at least four years of full time acceptable experience in
• Strategic planning and growth
clinical laboratory supervision or management in the U.S.,
Canada or an accredited laboratory* within the last eight years; Personnel Management
OR • Conflict resolution
Route 6: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited • Education and training/continuing education
college/university, AND at least five years of full time • Job descriptions
acceptable experience in clinical laboratory supervision or • Performance management
management in the U.S., Canada or an accredited laboratory* • Performance standards
within the last ten years.
• Personnel engagement
• Personnel regulatory compliance
• Recruiting and hiring
• Staffing and scheduling
• Succession planning and staff
development
• Wage and salary administration
Quality Management
• Accreditation
• Performance improvement
• Productivity assessment and process
improvement
• Regulatory compliance and licensure
• Risk management/medical-legal
issues
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Official Documents Required
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• Meeting the stated minimum requirements for the particular

Identify the Examination You’re category of certification (pages 4 – 17)
18 Applying for and Determine Your • Submission of the online application
Eligibility
• Payment of the appropriate application fee

For each certification category, you’ll find a choice of routes • Submission of all appropriate documentation including
that you must meet to establish your eligibility for the official transcript(s) indicating the appropriate degree
examination. You are required to choose a route of eligibility
In order to establish your eligibility upon application you must
depending on the education, training and experience you’ve
submit the appropriate documents verifying that you meet the
completed. Be sure you meet the eligibility requirements as
current ASCP Board of Certification requirements.
stated and are able to provide the appropriate documentation
before submitting your application and appplication fee.
Application fees are non-refundable. (Remember: You can Verification of Academic Education
only apply for one category within a three-month period.) Find If college credits are required for the examination category,
out the eligibility requirements for your category at you must submit an official transcript or transcript evaluation
http://www.ascp.org/content/board-of- as described below:
certification/getcertified#tabs-eligibility
Continuing Education courses are not acceptable in fulfilling
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: If you have a 3 year time the academic requirements.
limited certification as a Technician, Technologist or Specialist
1. MLS, MLT, CG, CT, HT, HTL, MB, PA and SBB applicants
and you do not complete the Credential Maintenance Program
from NAACLS/CAAHEP/ABHES* accredited programs—
(CMP) to maintain your certification, your ASCP certification will
An official transcript from a regionally accredited
no longer be valid. You will be ineligible to apply for a
college/university bearing the seal of the college/university,
certification examination under a route which requires
the signature of the Registrar and the date your degree was
certification. Your certification must be current.
conferred must be submitted to our office upon completion
of all degree requirements. All degree requirements must be
Documentation Required completed before you will be allowed to sit for the
examination. An official transcript verifying the date your
Eligibility to take a certification examination is established by:
degree was conferred is required before you will be certified Canadians applying for a Medical Laboratory Science
and your examination score emailed to you. (MLS) or Cytotechnologist (CT) certification examination
*NAACLS—National Accrediting Agency for Clinical must have completed a CMA Accredited Medical
Laboratory Sciences Laboratory Technology Training Program.
*CAAHEP—Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health 3. Academic work completed at colleges and universities
Education Programs outside of the United States—the official transcript must be
evaluated by an evaluation agency listed in Appendix B, on
*ABHES—Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
page 33. Only evaluations from these listed agencies will be
* Note: Applicants from NAACLS/CAAHEP/ABHES accredited programs who
do not appear OR fail the examination and wish to reapply, will not be sent an
accepted. Contact the agency directly for information on
admission letter until the ASCP Board of Certification receives an official obtaining an evaluation verifying U.S. degree equivalency
transcript verifying degree and date of degree conferral.
and a subject breakdown. The original or notarized copy of
2. Academic work completed at a regionally accredited the evaluation showing degree equivalency and subject
United States college/university or an accredited breakdown must be submitted when you apply for
Canadian university—official transcript from the regionally examination.
accredited college/university, bearing the embossed seal of
the college/university, the signature of the Registrar and the NAACLS Accredited Programs Outside
date the degree was conferred, must be submitted to our
office in order to determine eligibility.
of the United States
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Students from NAACLS accredited programs outside of the
If the academic requirements state courses are required in
United States should contact their program director for the
biology and chemistry, the courses listed on the official
appropriate documentation for verification of your degree.
transcript must be in the biology and/or chemistry
departments.
Verification of Experience (if required)
Regionally accredited colleges or universities are accredited
Experience Documentation Forms Documenting Clinical
by one of the following associations:
Laboratory Experience
HLC—Higher Learning Commission
If required for the route under which you are applying, clinical
MSCHE—Middle States Commission on Higher Education
laboratory experience must be completed and documented
NWCCU—Northwest Commission on Colleges and before you will be determined eligible for examination. Only 19
Universities experience obtained in an accredited laboratory in the United

NEASC-CIHE—New England Association of Schools and States, in an accredited laboratory in Canada, or in an
Colleges, Inc. accredited laboratory* outside of the US or Canada will be
SACS/COC—Southern Association of Colleges and acceptable.
Schools/ Commission on Colleges JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189
WASC-ACCJC or WSCUC—Western Association of To document your clinical laboratory experience (if required):
Schools and Colleges; WASC Senior College and University
Commission Step 1 Experience documentation forms (for the appropriate
certification category and route number) must be
If you are applying for one of the following certifications,
downloaded and printed from the ASCP website at
Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB), Specialist in Chemistry
www.ascp.org/certification. Employer Guidelines
(SC), Specialist in Cytotechnology (SCT), Specialist in
must be downloaded for the BB and SBB categories.
Hematology (SH), Specialist in Microbiology (SM) or
Technologist in Molecular Biology (MB) and were previously Step 2 Experience documentation forms must be completed
certified as a U.S. technologist (MT/MLS, CG, CT, BB, C, H, by your immediate supervisor or laboratory director
HTL, I, M) on or after January 1, 2000, you are not required and attached to a letter of authenticity signed by this
to submit an official transcript verifying your baccalaureate individual verifying the authenticity of the form. This
degree provided you supply your category of Certification on letter must be printed on original letterhead and state
your application. that the experience documentation form was
completed by the employer, with the date and
Note: A three year baccalaureate degree from a Canadian
signature. NOTE: Documentation forms and letters
University is not acceptable for the technologist/scientist
of authenticity must be completed and signed by
level examinations or higher. A minimum four year
your employer at each place of employment
baccalaureate degree is required for ALL
required to establish the required clinical laboratory
technologist/scientist and specialist level examination
experience within the time limits of the specific
categories.
route of eligibility. Experience documentation forms Verification of Training
will be audited to verify authenticity.
1. NAACLS, CAAHEP or ABHES Accredited Programs
Step 3 Submit your experience documentation form(s) and
The education received from a NAACLS, CAAHEP or
letter(s) of authenticity immediately to: Board of
ABHES accredited program is acceptable for a period of five
Certification, 33 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1600,
(5) years from the date of completion of that program. After
Chicago, IL 60603. A percentage of these forms will
five years, the applicant’s eligibility will be based on clinical
be audited and verified with your employer.
laboratory experience (except Cytotechnologist and
Pathologists’ Assistant) as stated in the current examination
Full and Part-Time Work Experience eligibility requirements.
Defined 2. Phlebotomy Technician Training
Full-time experience is defined as a minimum of thirty-five (35) Route 2: You must download the appropriate training
hours per week. Individuals who have part-time experience documentation form from the ASCP web site at:
may be permitted to utilize prorated part-time experience to www.ascp.org/certification. The training documentation
meet the work experience requirements. form must be completed by your program director and
attached to a letter of authenticity, on letterhead, signed by
For example, if you are employed 20 hours per week
the program director verifying the accuracy of the
for one year, your experience would be computed as
information on the form.
20 divided by 35 multiplied by 52 weeks, or the
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Route 4: You must download the appropriate training

equivalent of 29.7 weeks of full-time employment.
documentation form to be signed by the program official of
Please contact the ASCP Board of Certification office prior to the accredited allied health program. You must also submit
applying if you have any questions concerning part-time a notarized copy of your current state/provincial license for
experience. RN or LPN or a notarized copy of certificate of completion
from the accredited allied health program you completed.
The number of years of experience required must be
Route 6: You must download the appropriate experience
completed within the time frame, specified in the requirements,
documentation form from the ASCP web site at
calculated from the date of application (e.g., application
www.ascp.org/certification. The experience documentation
submitted 3/1/2015; experience acceptable from 3/2005 for a
form must be completed by your immediate supervisor or
20 ten-year time frame).
laboratory director and attached to a letter of authenticity, on
Simultaneous experience at two different places of letterhead, signed by this individual verifying the authenticity
employment in excess of 35 hours per week is not counted of the form.

toward the experience requirement. Route 7: If you are applying from a California Dept. of Public
Health approved program completed in the State of
Foreign Medical Laboratory Science California, you must download the appropriate training
Clinical Training Programs documentation form from the ASCP web site at:
www.ascp.org/certification. The training documentation
Foreign medical laboratory science clinical training programs
form must be completed by your program official and
are recognized as equivalent to one year of full time clinical
attached to a letter of authenticity, on letterhead, signed by
laboratory experience obtained in the United States and may
the program official verifying the accuracy of the information
be applied toward one of the five (5) years required for eligibility
on the form.
for the MLS examination or three (3) years required for the
3. Military trained MLT applicants
MLT examination (provided the training was completed within
Official or notarized documentation of your military code
the required time frame).
(NEC, MOS or AFSC code or 68K), certificate verifying
The other four years of acceptable clinical laboratory completion of training or letter from Program Director
experience for the MLS examination or the other two years of documenting completion date or notarized copy of your
acceptable clinical laboratory experience for the MLT DD214 form or ER.B must be mailed to the BOC upon
examination must be completed in the United States, Canada completion of the online application. Refer to page 5 for
or an accredited laboratory*. For all other examination complete eligibility requirements.
categories, experience must be completed in the United 4. Donor Phlebotomy Technician
States, Canada or in an accredited laboratory*.
If you are an LPN or RN, you must submit a notarized copy
of your current state or provincial license.
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ASCP Certified Applicants Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB), Specialist in Chemistry (SC),
Specialist in Cytotechnology (SCT), Specialist in Hematology
Although you may be certified in another category, you must (SH), Specialist in Microbiology (SM) or Technologist in
resubmit all required documentation necessary to establish Molecular Biology (MB) and were previously certified as a U.S.
your eligibility for the current examination category. Official technologist (MT/MLS, CG, CT, BB, C, H, HTL, I, M) beginning
transcripts must be submitted each time you apply for a new January 2000, you are not required to submit an official
category of certification with the following exception. transcript verifying your baccalaureate degree provided you
If you are applying for one of the following certifications, supply your Certification on your application.
Application Process
Step 1: MLS, MLT, CG, CT, HT, HTL, MB, PA and SBB Step 2: Carefully and completely review the eligibility
applicants from NAACLS/CAAHEP/ABHES requirements of the certification category you have
accredited programs are required to submit an official chosen (pages 4-17) to ensure that you meet all the
transcript from a regionally accredited college/university requirements as specified. You MUST indicate a Route
bearing the seal of the college/university, the signature of Eligibility. If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your
of the Registrar and the date your degree was application will not
conferred. This transcript must be submitted to our be processed. (APPLICATION FEES ARE
office upon completion of all degree requirements. An NON-REFUNDABLE).
official transcript verifying the date your degree was
Step 3: Carefully follow the instructions on the online
conferred is required before you will be certified and
application, completing all sections as indicated.
your examination score emailed to you.
The first name and the last name you enter on the
All other applicants, BEFORE you apply for certification application must match your valid driver’s license/state
examination you must obtain all documentation ID that you present at the test center to take the
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necessary to establish your eligibility i.e. experience examination.

documentation form(s), training documentation form(s),
Step 4: If college credits/degree are required, contact your
letter(s) of authenticity, official transcript(s) verifying the
college/ university and request that an official transcript
appropriate degree, notarized or official certificate(s) of
be mailed to the ASCP Board of Certification at the
training (if required) and foreign transcript evaluations (if
following address: ASCP Board of Certification, 33 W.
your education is outside of the U.S.) The required
Monroe Street, Suite 1600 , Chicago, IL 60603
documents must be submitted to our office at the
time of application. Faxed experience documentation
form(s) and letter(s) of authenticity will not be
Payments for Online Applications
accepted. The ASCP Board of Certification no longer accepts paper
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applications. Individuals are required to apply online.
Submit all documentation required to establish your
Application fees must be paid using a credit card online. If you

eligibility to:
are unable to submit your application fee online with a credit
Board of Certification, 33 W. Monroe Street, Suite card, pay by mail instructions will be available upon the
1600 completion of the online application process.
Chicago, IL 60603
DO NOT submit documentation forms and/or Email Notifications

transcripts in advance of application. All correspondence from the Board of Certification is
Application fees are non-refundable. Be sure you delivered via email. It is your responsibility to keep your email
choose the correct category of examination and you current. Update your email address in your record by logging on
meet the eligibility requirements as stated (pages 4-17) to the ASCP website at www.ascp.org. Failure to keep the
and are able to provide the appropriate documentation Board of Certification informed of your current email address will
when submitting your application and application fee. result in non-receipt of important information such as the status
You MUST indicate a Route of Eligibility. If no Route of of your application, Admission Notice and Score Report.
Eligibility is designated, your application will not be
processed. If you determine that you have applied for Applicants with a Disability
an incorrect certification examination, our office will
Notify the ASCP Board of Certification office in writing at the
be unable to change the category of examination.
time of application if you wish to request testing
Applications will be processed within 45 business days modifications.
of receipt. If documentation establishing eligibility is not
An applicant who wishes to request modifications in the
received within 45 business days, you will be deleted
examination environment because of a disability must notify the
from the examination process. Application fees are
ASCP Board of Certification office in writing at the time of
non-refundable.
application and provide a letter of diagnosis from an
appropriate professional specifying the needed modification.
The ASCP Board of Certification will consider modification of the
testing conditions on a case-by-case basis. The ASCP Board of
Certification will work directly with the applicant and proctors at
the test centers to make modifications in the testing environment
which make it possible for an individual with a disability to take
an examination under conditions which will accurately reflect the
individual's aptitude or achievement level. Such modifications
may include providing auxiliary aids and services to an applicant
with a disability.
NOTE: Once a candidate has received their Admission Notification, requests
for testing modifications will not be accepted.
Change of Email Address, Mailing

Address and/or Name Change
Email Address Change: All notifications from the ASCP Board
of Certification are delivered via email. It is your responsibility to
keep your email address current. To update your email address
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go to www.ascp.org/login and click on “Profiles and Settings”.
Failure to keep the Board of Certification informed of your
current email address will result in non-receipt of important
information.
Mailing Address Change: It is your responsibility to keep your

mailing address current. To update your mailing address go to
www.ascp.org/login and click on “Profiles and Settings”. A valid
mailing address must be provided prior to the examination in
order to receive your certificate at the correct address. If current
address is not valid at the time of examination, it will be your 23
responsibility to order and pay for a replacement certificate if

necessary.
Name Change: Name changes must be accompanied by a

photo copy of official documentation (i.e., marriage license or
court order).
The first name and last name you enter on the application must
match your valid driver’s license/state ID that you present at the
test center to take the examination.
• Online: To submit a name change request online, click on

www.ascp.org/bocfeedback, select the topic Change
Name/Contact Information and the subject Name Change.
you will be prompted to login. The name change screen
allows you to upload your document(s), if you have them in
electronic format and send them via email.
• By Mail: OR you can print a cover sheet and mail your

documents to: ASCP Board of Certification, 33 W. Monroe
St., Suite 1600 , Chicago, IL 60603, Attn: Name Change
Please allow 7-10 business days for processing name

changes. You will be notified when your name change
request has been processed.
Application Processing
Acknowledgement of Application Determination of Eligibility

Upon receipt in the ASCP Board of Certification office, your Upon review of all required documentation, you will be notified of
application and fee will be acknowledged via email. Online your eligibility status. If you are determined eligible for
applications paid by credit card will be acknowledged within examination, you will receive an email notification with
one business day. instructions for scheduling an appointment to take the
examination within the three-month period following the date
Review of Documents of this letter. All ASCP Board of Certification examinations are
administered by computer at Pearson Professional Centers.
In order to determine your eligibility for examination, all required
These centers are listed in Appendix A on page 32. You may
documentation must be submitted to our office within forty-
schedule an appointment at the Pearson Professional Center of
five (45) business days of submission of your application or
your choice.
you will be determined ineligible for examination. You will be
notified within 6 weeks of application if any documentation is
Ineligibility
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missing.
If you are not eligible for examination, you will receive notification
Application Status sent to the email you provided on your application.
Reapplication information is provided on page 25. Be sure you
When the status of your examination application changes (i.e., is
meet the eligibility requirements as stated and are able to
determined deficient, ineligible, eligible, etc.) you will receive a
provide the appropriate documentation before submitting your
notification sent to the email you provided on your application
application and fee. Application fees are non-refundable.
informing you to login to your ASCP account for specific
information/details regarding the status of your application. All If you receive an email indicating you are ineligible for
notifications regarding the status of your application (from examination, you have the option of appealing this decision. If
24 submission to examination results) are accessed by logging you wish to appeal the decision regarding your ineligibility,
into your ASCP account. please follow the appeals process located at:
http://www.ascp.org/content/board-of-
To access your ASCP account:
certification/faq/ineligibility
1. Go to www.ascp.org/login
2. Login using your ASCP Customer User ID (8 digit number) & Study Materials
Password (for login assistance contact ASCP Customer Study materials and recommended reading lists are available to
Service 800.267.2727) prepare for examination. Visit the ASCP website at
3. Click on Dashboard www.ascp.org/examprep for details.
4. Click on Completed BOC Exam Applications link
5. Click on the Show Details button to view the current status of

your application
All notifications from the ASCP Board of Certification informing

an applicant to login to their account to view important
information regarding the status of their application are sent via
email. It is your responsibility to keep your email address
current. Update the email address in your record by logging on
to the ASCP website and click on “Profiles & Settings”. Failure to
keep the ASCP Board of Certification informed of your current
email address will result in the non-receipt of important
information and notifications regarding your application,
scheduling the examination and receipt of scores.
Scheduling Your Exam
Scheduling Your Appointment If you call within 24 hours (one full business day) of your
appointment, you will not be permitted to reschedule and you
When you receive your email notification to login to view your will be considered a “no show”. You will not receive any refund
Admission Notice, verify all information for accuracy.* You may of your application fee nor can it be transferred to another
schedule an appointment to take the examination at your examination period. A full fee will be required to reapply for
convenience Monday through Saturday within the chosen three- another three-month period.
month period.
It is strongly recommended that you contact Pearson Cancellation Policy
registration as early as possible to make your appointment
You will not receive any refund of your application fee nor can it
within the three-month examination period. After you have made
be transferred to another examination period if you do not make
your appointment, a confirmation letter will be emailed to you.
an appointment within the three-month examination period, if
The confirmation letter is not required to sit for the
you cancel your application OR if you do not appear for your
examination.
scheduled appointment. A full fee will be required to
You must take the examination within the three-month
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reschedule the examination.
examination period indicated on your Admission Notice.
Personal/family-related responsibilities or lack of study
opportunity will not be considered reasons to not make an
Reapplying for Examination
appointment, cancel, not appear, or miss your scheduled You are permitted to take the examination five times under one
appointment date. If you cancel, do not appear, or miss your eligibility route provided that you meet the current eligibility
scheduled appointment date you must submit a full application requirements. If after five unsuccessful attempts under one route
fee and reapply for examination. Applicants are solely of eligibility, you must meet the current requirements for eligibility
responsible for making and keeping their scheduled examination in that particular examination category under an alternate route
appointment date. To verify your appointment, call Pearson of eligibility. If you do not meet the requirements under an
registration. alternate route of eligibility under that particular examination 25
Application fees are not transferable to another three-month category, you will no longer be eligible to apply for that particular

period nor are they refundable. category of examination.
* Note: If you appear at the test center without a valid driver’s license with photo
* NAACLS/CAAHEP/ABHES accredited programs are valid for
or valid state ID with photo OR the first and last names do not match, you will
not be permitted to take the examination and you will be required to reapply a period of five years from the date of completion. Your
with a full fee for another examination period. application under a NAACLS/CAAHEP/ABHES accredited
program is valid for five years from the date of application.
Rescheduling Appointments Your laboratory experience must be within the required time
limit from the date of application.
If you wish to reschedule your testing appointment, within the
three month period, you must contact Pearson Registration at If you cancel, do not appear, miss your scheduled appointment
least one full business day (24 hours) prior to the date and time date or are determined ineligible, you must submit a full
of the test to reschedule another date within the same three- application fee and reapply for examination.
month period. The Test Cancellation and Change Deadlines for
a Scheduled Test are shown in the box below.
Test Day Last Cancel/Change Day
Scheduling changes must be made and confirmed by direct (at least 24 hours before time of appointment)
contact with Pearson Registration. Leaving a message on voice Monday Friday of the preceding week
mail or on a recorder is not sufficient to reschedule your Tuesday Monday of the same week
Wednesday Tuesday of the same week
appointment.
Thursday Wednesday of the same week
If you have successfully rescheduled your test date online, you Friday Thursday of the same week
Saturday Friday of the same week
will receive a confirmation email from Pearson Vue within 24
hours. If you do not receive an email, you have not successfully
rescheduled.
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Examination Administration
Board of Certification Examinations — What to Bring to the Examination Center

Computer Adaptive Testing When you arrive at the testing center, you must present a valid
The ASCP Board of Certification uses computer adaptive (not expired) driver’s license with photo and signature or a
testing (CAT), which is criteria referenced. This means that an valid (not expired) state identification card with photo and
examinee’s score on the exam is not influenced by the scores signature. Your first and last name on the valid driver’s
of other examinees who take the exam. With CAT, when a license/valid state ID must match your first and last name
person answers a question correctly, the next test question registered at Pearson. Your identification must be valid (not
has a slightly higher level of difficulty. The difficulty level of the expired) or it will not be accepted.
questions presented to the examinee continues to increase If you appear at the Pearson Test Center without an
until a question is answered incorrectly. Then a slightly easier acceptable form of identification* or the first and last names
question is presented. In this way the test is tailored to the do not match the names registered at Pearson, you will not
individual’s ability level. be permitted to take the examination. You will be required to
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Each question, in the test bank is calibrated for level of reapply and pay another application fee for a new exam
difficulty, and is assigned a content area that matches with the period.
subtest area of the content outline for a particular examination. * Acceptable Forms of Identification: Primary ID [valid (not expired) with
photo and signature] Driver’s license, Identification Card
The weight (value) given to each question is determined by the (national/state/province identity card), International Travel Passport, Military ID
level of difficulty. Therefore, the examinee must answer enough (including spouse & dependents), Alien Registration Card (green card,
permanent resident, visa)
difficult questions to achieve a score above the pass point. To
* Note: ID with Embedded Signatures: If the ID presented has no visible
pass the certification examination, the examinee’s scores must signature or one that is difficult or impossible to read, the ASCP candidate is
exceed the minimum pass score, previously established by the required to present another form of identification from the primary list which
contains a visible signature.
examination committee.
The examinations (with the exception of PBT and DPT) are You must report to the test center 30 minutes prior to your 27
scheduled for 2 hours and 30 minutes with 100 questions. The scheduled time. Upon check-in Pearson VUE will collect your

PBT examination is scheduled for 2 hours with 80 questions. signature, photographic image and palm vein image. This is a
The DPT exam is 2 hours and 30 minutes with 90 questions. standard procedure at all Pearson Professional Centers.
Biometric technology ensures that each candidate will only
Your preliminary test results (pass/fail) will appear on the have a single record in the Pearson VUE system and will help
computer screen. Examination score will be emailed within four safeguard the integrity of the ASCP Board of Certification
business days after the examination administration, provided examinations. You will be given a checklist of rules to read.
all required documents have been received. Examination Another palm vein image will be taken before you are seated in
results cannot be released by telephone, to anyone. the examination room and if you leave the room at any time
Your official score report will indicate “pass” or “fail” status and during your examination.
the scaled score on the total examination. A scaled score is
mathematically derived from the raw score (number of Personal Belongings
correctly answered questions). Because each examinee has • You will be required to leave your personal belongings
taken a different form of the examination, scaled scores are outside of the testing room. Small, lockable storage is
used so that tests may be compared on the same scale. The available; however, you are not allowed access to any
minimum passing score is 400. The highest attainable score is prohibited personal items at any time during your exam
999. • Hats, scarves, gloves and coats are not allowed in the
If you were unsuccessful in passing the examination, your testing room; however, provisions have been made for
scaled scores on each of the subtests will be indicated on this specific religious/cultural apparel
report as well. These subtest scores cannot be calculated to • You will be asked to remove any large jewelry or other
obtain your total score. These scores are provided as a means accessories before entering the testing room
of demonstrating your areas of strengths and weaknesses in
comparison to the minimum pass score.
Personal Items content irregularities and/or examination administration
irregularities at www.ascp/org/certification under What to Bring
• All personal items must be stored in your locker to the Examination Center.
• All electronic devices (cell phones, smart watches, MP3
players, fitness bands, etc.) must be place inside a Pearson Taking the Test
VUE provided plastic bag
At the beginning of the examination, you must verify that your
The following items may not be accessed at all during your name and examination category are correct as shown on the
examination appointment: computer screen. Next, the directions for entering responses
• Any educational, test preparation or study materials will appear. You should read these directions carefully before
• Cell/mobile/smart phones, smart watches, MP3 players, beginning the test.
fitness bands, pagers, jump drives, cameras or any other
The examinations in all categories consist of multiple choice
electronic devices
questions, presented one at a time on the computer screen.
• Weapons of any kind Visual material such as graphs or photographs, appear on the
Electronic Devices computer screen with the question. You answer each question
by pressing the letter key (A, B, C or D) corresponding to the
Only non-programmable calculators may be brought to the letter of the response you select. You may also use the
test center. Writing material for calculations will be provided for computer mouse to choose and record your answers.
you by the test center. Cell phones will not be permitted in the Responses may be changed as many times as you wish by
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examination room. pressing the key for a different response number or by using
the mouse. When you are satisfied with the response, press
Reference Materials the “ENTER” key or click the NEXT key to record it. The next
Do not bring reference books, notes or other study materials question will then appear.
to the test location. If the test proctor determines that you You must answer each question to the best of your ability
have engaged in inappropriate conduct during the examination when it is presented. However, at the end of the test, you may
(such as giving or obtaining unauthorized information or aid; review some or all of your responses and change them if you
looking at notes/reference books/study guides), your wish.
examination session will be terminated and you will be unable
28 to complete your examination. You will need to appeal to the When you have completed reviewing the exam, you will use
Board of Certification. The Board will review your case and the END EXAM (E) button on the screen. A message will
determine the appropriate course of action. appear on the screen, asking you to verify that you wish to exit
the examination. If you respond using the YES button, your
Examination Irregularities test will be complete.
Please view the appeals procedure regarding examination

Examination Results
Emailing of Examination Score service fee (payable by credit card) associated with requesting
a third party verification.
Notification to view your examination score post login will be
emailed to you four business days after you have taken the IMPORTANT INFORMATION: For NAACLS/CAAHEP/ABHES
examination provided all official transcripts verifying the accredited candidates you will not be able to complete
appropriate degree have been received. Verification of BOC Certification until after you have received
your online score report with your Certification Number.
Note: Examination results cannot be released by telephone
or fax to anyone. Results for California and New York Licensure examination
only are automatically submitted to the appropriate state
Information on how to reapply for certification examination will licensing board upon completion of the examination. It is not
be provided with your examination score. DO NOT submit a necessary to place a verification order through the ASCP
new application fee to retake the test prior to receiving your website to submit your licensure exam results to the California
examination score. You may not retest for the same or New York State licensing boards.
certification examination within the same three month
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examination period.
Verification of Computer Examination
Release of Score to Program Officials Results
If you wish to question your computer examination results, you
If you completed a NAACLS, CAAHEP or ABHES accredited
must notify our office in writing within 30 days from the date of
program, your examination score will be released to the
receipt of scores. A $25.00 fee is required. The check or
officials of the program in which you were enrolled unless you
money order must be enclosed with your request. The ASCP
instruct the ASCP Board of Certification by mail, no later than
Board of Certification does not release or disclose the content
10 days before your examination administration, to withhold
or answers for specific test items. Incorrect responses will not
such score. Requests received after this time cannot be
honored.
be reported when requesting a review. 29

Mail your request to: Re-examination
Certification Activities If you are unsuccessful in passing the examination, information
33 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1600 on re-testing will be emailed with your examination score. DO
Chicago, IL 60603 NOT submit an application fee to retake the examination until
you receive your examination score. You may not reapply to
Watch for Your Certificate retest within the same three month period.
You’ll receive your certificate approximately three to five weeks

after your examination date. This certificate is valid for three
Maximum Number of Examination
years. You’ll also receive information about the Credential Attempts
Maintenance Program (CMP) and the requirements for You are permitted to take the examination in any one particular
maintaining your certification. category a total of five times under one route. If you are
unsuccessful after five attempts, you are ineligible for further
Request for Examination Score examination in that category under the same route.
Submitted to a Third Party
A Third Party Verification Request link will be made available
on the online examinee score report providing instruction for
requesting verification of certification to be submitted to a third
party, such as State licensing board or employer. Third party
verification requests may also be made by going to this link
www.ascp.org/verification. Do not place a third party
verification request until successful completion of the
examination and receipt of your score report. There is a $16
Certification
Certification Benefits Certification Expiration

After passing the examination, you will receive a packet of Your certification will remain valid for a period of three years,
information welcoming you as part of the ASCP certified with the validation dates indicated on your certificate. In order
laboratory team, including: to maintain your certification, you must complete the
• Certificate of Certification suitable for framing, valid for three Credential Maintenance Program (CMP), as described below,
years every three years. If you are certified in more than one
• Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) booklet category, you may synchronize your certifications so they
expire in the same time period. Visit www.ascp.org/cmp.
This information will be mailed to you approximately 3 – 5
weeks after notification of exam results. If you fail to complete the CMP as required, your certification
will expire and no longer be valid. The ASCP Board of
The initials “CM” in superscript must be used after your
Certification will respond to requests for verification of
certification initials immediately upon receipt of your
certification with the dates in which your certification was valid.
certification [i.e., MLS(ASCP)CM].
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If you passed the Specialist (SBB, SC, SCT, SH, SLS, SM) or Revocation of Certification
Diplomate (DLM) level examinations, you will also be awarded
Certification, if granted, may be revoked at any time and the
25 CMLE credits. You will be notified via email of the receipt of
applicant may be barred from admission to take future
25 CMLE credits. These credits cannot be used for
certification examinations if it is established that the information
recertification points in the category for which they are
contained in, or supplied in support of, an application for
received.
examination is inaccurate in any material respect, if the
ASCP certification is public record. Inquiries about an applicant engages in any inappropriate conduct during the
individual’s certification status will be answered with the examination (such as giving or obtaining unauthorized
30 category, certification number and certification validation information or aid) or if the applicant misrepresents or misuses
period. the applicant’s certification status at any time.
Credential Maintenance Program (CMP)

Individuals certified in all categories will be required to
participate in the BOC Credential Maintenance Program as
indicated in the table on the next page in order to maintain
their certification status.
The Credential Maintenance Program requires individuals to

accrue points as shown in this table. Acceptable activities to
document continued competence may include some or all of
the following:
• Formal continuing education courses—continuing education
credits awarded by AACME accredited programs, ASCP
CMLE approved programs, AACC ACCENT approved
programs, ASCLS PACE approved programs, CE programs
sponsored by other professional societies and courses taken
at regionally accredited colleges/universities.
• Employer offered courses (in-service, instrument training,
vendor-sponsored)
• Successful completion of an ASCP Specialist or Diplomate
certification (PA, SBB, SC, SCT, SH, SM, SLS or DLM).
* Note: The 25.00 CMLE credits awarded you for your successful completion
of a specialist, PA or DLM certification cannot be used towards meeting
the requirements for the Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) for this same
certification.
• Competence assessment from employer (documentation of professional strengths and areas for improvement, and to
continued competency in specific laboratory areas). develop professional goals. You may use this self-assessment
• Subscription or online self-instructional courses for which to identify the technical areas to focus on for continuing
CMLE, ACCENT or PACE credits are awarded. competence activities.
• Other educational activities—such as research and preparation
for presenting a workshop or course, authoring journal articles, Upon completion of the required points, a declaration
presenting posters, etc. containing a list of activities completed must be submitted to
the Board of Certification once every three years. The
Continuing education credits are equal to one hour per each
declaration may be audited and you may be required to submit
contact hour. Employer competency assessment and other
documentation upon request. Upon completion of the
activities will have assigned hours for each activity.
program, you will receive a dated certificate verifying
certification for a three-year period. The initials “CM” in
CMP Requirements superscript must be indicated after your certification initials
As a first step in the BOC Credential Maintenance Program, [i.e., MLS(ASCP)CM].
you may complete a self-assessment to determine current Completion of the BOC CMP is mandatory, as shown in the
responsibilities, to identify areas of professional interest, chart below, to maintain your certification.
Certification CMP Required for Total Number of Points Distribution

Category Individuals Certified Points Required
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Beginning in the
Year Indicated
MT/MLS, MLT 2004 36 • 1 point laboratory or patient safety

• 2 points in each of the following: blood
banking, chemistry, hematology, microbiology
• Remaining points in area(s) of lab specialty,
immunology, molecular diagnostics,
management, education or other related
laboratory areas of interest
AT, CT, HT, HTL, 2004 36 • 1 point laboratory or patient safety

BB, C, CG, H, M, MB • 2 points in areas in which you are certified 31
• Remaining points in area(s) of specialty,

PBT, DPT 2004 9 • 1 point laboratory or patient safety

MLA 2016 9 • 2 points in area in which you are certified
• Remaining points in area(s) of specialty,
PA All ASCP Certified 45 • 1 point laboratory or patient safety

• 20 points in anatomic pathology
• Remaining points in the area(s) of anatomic
pathology, management, education or other
clinical specialties
SBB, SC, SCT, SH, SLS, 2006 36 • 1 point laboratory or patient safety
SM, HP, DLM • 10 points in area of specialty
• Remaining points in area(s) of laboratory
specialty, management, education or other
related laboratory areas of interest
Appendix A
PEARSON PROFESSIONAL CENTERS
For the most current list of Pearson Test Center Locations visit www.pearsonvue.com/ascp
Alabama Georgia Minnesota Ohio Midland

Birmingham Albany Bloomington Beachwood/Cleveland San Antonio
Decatur Atlanta (North) Brooklyn Pk/ East Tyler
Dothan Atlanta (South) Minneapolis NW Columbus Waco
Mobile Augusta Eagan/Minneapolis SE Copley Town
Montgomery Macon Hermantown/Duluth Gahanna/Columbus Utah
Savannah Rochester South Bountiful
Alaska Stockbridge Maumee/Toledo Draper
Anchorage Mississippi Moraine Ogden
Hawaii Ridgeland/Jackson Westlake/Cleveland West
Arizona Honolulu Tupelo Vermont
Chandler Oklahoma South Burlington
Phoenix Idaho Missouri Norman
Tucson Boise Columbia Virginia
Oklahoma City Alexandria
Kansas City Tulsa
Arkansas Illinois Springfield Chesapeake
Fort Smith Buffalo Grove St Louis Oregon Lynchburg
Little Rock Chicago Beaverton Newport News
Texarkana Marion Montana Medford Richmond
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Peoria Billings Portland Roanoke

California Schaumburg/ Helena Vienna
Salem
Anaheim Chicago NW
Daly City Springfield Nebraska Pennsylvania Washington
Fairfield Lincoln Allentown Renton/Seattle
Fresno Indiana North Platte Erie Spokane
Gardena Evansville Omaha Harrisburg Yakima
Lake Forest Fort Wayne Horsham/Philadelphia
Milpitas Indianapolis Nevada West Virginia
Las Vegas Lancaster Charleston
Oakland Merrillville Pittsburgh (East)
Ontario Terre Haute Reno Morgantown
Pittsburgh (West)
Pasadena New Hampshire Plymouth Wisconsin
Redding Iowa
Concord Scranton Brookfield/Milwaukee
Redlands Coralville/Iowa City
Wayne/Philadelphia Eau Claire
Roseville/Sacramento Davenport/Quad Cities New Jersey Kenosha
32 San Dimas Sioux City
West Des Moines
Atlantic City Rhode Island
Warwick
Madison
San Diego Lyndhurst/Newark Milwaukee
San Francisco Kansas Somerset
San Marcos Princeton/Trenton South Carolina Wyoming

Hays Columbia
Santa Maria Topeka Casper
Westlake Village/LA New Mexico Greenville
Wichita Albuquerque North Charleston
Visalia
U.S. Territories
Kentucky New York South Dakota
Colorado Lexington Albany Sioux Falls American Samoa
Greenwood Louisville Brooklyn Pago Pago
Village/Denver Tennessee
Pueblo Louisiana East Syracuse
Brentwood Guam
Westminster/Boulder Baton Rouge Endicott/Binghamton
Chattanooga Tamuning
Metairie Lake Success/Queens
Connecticut Long Island-Islandia Johnson City
Shreveport Knoxville Northern Mariana Island
Norwalk New York/Manhattan Saipan
Wallingford/New Haven New York/Lower Memphis
Maine
Wethersfield/Hartford Manhattan Nashville Puerto Rico
Bangor
Westbrook/Portland Rego Park/Queens Texas San Juan
Delaware Rochester
Dover Abilene Virgin Islands
Maryland Staten Island
Newark/Wilmington Amarillo St Thomas
Baltimore Utica Austin
Bethesda Watertown
District of Columbia Bellaire
Columbia White Plains International
Washington Corpus Christi
Salisbury Williamsville/Buffalo Dallas Canada
Florida Massachusetts El Paso
North Carolina Montreal, Quebec
Altamonte Boston Ashville Harlingen Toronto, Ontario
Deerfield Beach Springfield Charlotte Hurst/Fort Worth Vancouver, B.C.
Gainesville Waltham Durham Houston SE
Jacksonville Worchester Greenville Lubbock
Orlando Raleigh
Pinecrest/Miami Michigan
Ann Arbor Wilmington
Plantation (Ft. Lauderdale) Winston-Salem
Port Charlotte Detroit/Southfield For information regarding Military on-site test centers visit
St. Petersburg Detroit/Troy North Dakota www.pearsonvue.com/military/exams
Tallahassee Grand Rapids Bismarck
Tampa Lansing Fargo
Marquette
Appendix B
ACCEPTABLE EVALUATION AGENCIES FOR FOREIGN TRANSCRIPTS
International Evaluation Service Center for Applied Research, International Consultants of Delaware, Inc.
Evaluation & Education, Inc. 3600 Market St, Suite 450
P O Box 18358 Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651
Long Beach, CA 92817 215-243-5858
714-237-9272 215-349-0026 FAX
714-237-9279 FAX Email: icd@icdel.com
Email: eval_caree@yahoo.com
International Education Evaluations, Inc.
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. 7900 Matthews Mint Hill Rd
P O Box 92970 Suite 300
Milwaukee, WI 53202 Charlotte, NC 28227
414-289-3400 704-545-2485
414-289-3411 FAX 704-545-2484 FAX
Email: eval@ece.org Email: admin@foreigntranscripts.com
Website: www.ece.org
International Education Research Foundation, Inc.
Educational Perspectives P O Box 3665
P O Box 618056 Culver City, CA 90231-3665
Chicago, IL 60661-8056 310-258-9451
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312-421-9300 310-342-7086 FAX
312-421-9353 FAX Email: info@ierf.org
Email: info@edperspective.org Website: www.ierf.org
Website: www.edperspective.org
Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.
Education Evaluators International, Inc. International Education Consultants
P O Box 751169 7101 SW 102nd Ave
Forest Hills, NY 11375 Miami, FL 33173
401-521-5340 305-273-1616
718-425-9929 FAX 305-273-1338 FAX
Website: www.educei.com Email: info@jsilny.com
Website: www.jsilny.com
Foreign Academic Credentials Services, Inc. 33
P O Box 400 World Education Services, Inc.
Glen Carbon, IL 62034 Main Office

618-288-1661 P O Box 5087
618-288-1691 FAX Bowling Green Station
Email: facs@aol.com New York, NY 10274
Website: www.facsusa.com 212-966-6311
212-739-6100 FAX
Foreign Credentials Service of America Email: info@wes.org
1910 Justin Lane Website: www.wes.org
Austin, TX 78757-2411
512-459-8428 Midwest Office
512-459-4565 FAX P O Box 11623
Email: info@fcsa.biz Chicago, IL 60611-0623
Website: www.fcsa.biz 312-222-0882
312-222-1217 FAX
Foundation for International Services, Inc. Email: info@wes.org
505 5th Avenue South, Suite 101
Website: www.wes.org
Edmonds, WA 98020
425-248-2255
425-248-2262 FAX
Email: info@fis-web.com A foreign transcript evaluation with subject breakdown is
Website: www.fis-web.com required.
Globe Language Services Information on this page is subject to change without notice. For
305 Broadway Ste 401 the most current information, visit the ASCP web site at
New York, NY 10007 www.ascp.org.
212-227-1994
212-693-1489 FAX
Email: info@globelanguage.com
Website: www.globelanguage.com
Examinations
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General Certification Specialist Certification

Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) Pathologists’ Assistant (PA)
Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB)
Specialist in Chemistry (SC)
Categorical Certification
Specialist in Cytotechnology (SCT)
Technologist in Blood Banking (BB)
Specialist in Hematology (SH)
Technologist in Chemistry (C)
Specialist in Microbiology (SM)
Technologist in Cytogenetics (CG)
Cytotechnologist (CT) Diplomate Certification
Donor Phlebotomy Technician (DPT) Diplomate in Laboratory Management (DLM)
Technologist in Hematology (H)
Histotechnician (HT)
Histotechnologist (HTL)
Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA)
Technologist in Microbiology (M)
Technologist in Molecular Biology (MB)
Phlebotomy Technician (PBT)

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ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

The ASCP Board of Certification certifies those

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

Official Documents Required Certification

The Application Process

• Five pathologists (nominated by the ASCP); including one

• AABB; American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants;

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

If no Route of Eligibility is designated, your application will

academic credit from a regionally accredited college/university,

Route 3: High school graduation (or equivalent), AND

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

MLT(ASCP) Medical Laboratory

A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application.

Route 1: An associate degree or at least 60 semester hours

including venipunctures and skin successful unaided non-donor blood

chemistry (with one semester in organic or biochemistry), one

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

documentation form must be completed by the A Route of Eligibility MUST be

examination, you must have clinical ** A training documentation form is required

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

satisfy the requirements of at least one of the following routes:

A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application.

Route 1: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited

The education received from a NAACLS accredited HT/HTL

Route 2: Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

Canada within the last five years; OR

SBB(ASCP) Specialist in Blood of full time acceptable experience as an academic educator in

To fulfill the experience requirement for the Specialist in Blood

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** A copy of the certificate of completion of the post-doctoral fellowship is

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

DLM(ASCP) Diplomate in Laboratory Additional Documents Required for the

A Route of Eligibility MUST be indicated on your application. Experience Requirements for

an accredited laboratory* within the last five years; OR Financial Management

Route 2: Master’s degree from a regionally accredited • Billing

Route 4: Doctorate in medicine, chemistry, biology, • Communications

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• Meeting the stated minimum requirements for the particular

• Payment of the appropriate application fee

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

Route 4: You must download the appropriate training

employment in excess of 35 hours per week is not counted of the form.

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

necessary to establish your eligibility i.e. experience examination.

Application fees must be paid using a credit card online. If you

DO NOT submit documentation forms and/or Email Notifications

Change of Email Address, Mailing

Mailing Address Change: It is your responsibility to keep your

ASCP BOARD OF CERTIFICATION

Name Change: Name changes must be accompanied by a

• Online: To submit a name change request online, click on

• By Mail: OR you can print a cover sheet and mail your

Please allow 7-10 business days for processing name

Acknowledgement of Application Determination of Eligibility

4. Click on Completed BOC Exam Applications link

5. Click on the Show Details button to view the current status of

All notifications from the ASCP Board of Certification informing

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Board of Certification Examinations — What to Bring to the Examination Center