---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 493.1469"
title: "42"
number: "493.1469"
heading: "Standard: Cytology general supervisor qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/493.1469"
---

# §493.1469. Standard: Cytology general supervisor qualifications.


The cytology general supervisor must be qualified to supervise cytology services. The general supervisor in cytology must possess a current license issued by the State in which the laboratory is located, if such licensing is required, and must—

- (a) Be qualified as a technical supervisor under § [493.1449(b)](/cfr/42/493.1449.md?p=b) or [(e)](/cfr/42/493.1449.md?p=e); or
- (b)
  - (1) Be qualified as a cytotechnologist under [§ 493.1483](/cfr/42/493.1483.md); and
  - (2) Have at least 3 years of full-time (2,080 hours per year) experience as a cytotechnologist within the preceding 10 years.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, as amended at 88 FR 90044, Dec. 28, 2023]

### 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.

### Amendments

[55 FR 9576, Mar. 14, 1990, as amended at 88 FR 90044, Dec. 28, 2023]