---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1357"
title: "42"
number: "493.1357"
heading: "Standard; laboratory director qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1357"
---

# §493.1357. Standard; laboratory director qualifications.


The laboratory director must be qualified to manage and direct the laboratory personnel and the performance of PPM procedures as specified in [§ 493.19(c)](/cfr/42/493.19.md?p=c) and must be eligible to be an operator of a laboratory within the requirements of [subpart R](/cfr/42/subpartR.md) of this part.

- (a) The laboratory director must possess a current license as a laboratory director issued by the State in which the laboratory is located, if the licensing is required.
- (b) The laboratory director must meet one of the following requirements:
  - (1) Be a physician, as defined in [§ 493.2](/cfr/42/493.2.md).
  - (2) Be a midlevel practitioner, as defined in [§ 493.2](/cfr/42/493.2.md), authorized by a State to practice independently in the State in which the laboratory is located.
  - (3) Be a dentist, as defined in [§ 493.2](/cfr/42/493.2.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 60 FR 20049, Apr. 24, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 7172, Feb. 28, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a, 1302, 1395x(e), 1395x(s)(3) and (s)(17).

### Source

Source: 55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.