New Mexico State Licensing Requirements
National Links
- Nationwide Laboratory Director Regulations
- Dec. 28, 2024 CLIA Changes effective Dec. 28, 2024
- Nationwide High Complexity Requirements
- CE Courses for Laboratory Directors
- Online Access to CLIA Certificates QCOR (See below)
- Pay CLIA fees at Pay.gov
- Forms CMS116 Application
- eCFR 42 CFR Part 493
- State Operations Manual
State-Specific CLIA Applications
New Mexico Health Cre Authority, Public Health Division. Clinical Laboratories.
N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.17.32
(1) The New Mexico Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) program ensures that all laboratory facilities (including physician office laboratories) meet the established health and safety standards for specimen testing.
The mission of the program is to ensure that the highest quality of laboratory testing is performed in New Mexico through education and enforcement of federal regulations. The purpose of CLIA is to set minimum standards for all laboratories to follow and to determine if laboratories are achieving those standards.
(a) A qualified medical technologist shall be a graduate of a medical technology program approved by a nationally recognized body or has documented equivalent education, training, or experience; a qualified medical lab technician shall be a graduate of a program approved by the federal health care authority and human services.
CMS is now making CLIA certificates available online at no cost via the QCOR Lookup Tool. All certificates generated after September 27, 2023 should be available for download. Click HERE to access the Tool and choose “CLIA Laboratory Lookup” from the left menu bar (2nd option from the top). When you click the entry for the laboratory, a box containing the laboratory information and a link to the certificate will pop up in a new window.