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Professionals in Phlebotomy
There are a number of allied health personnel, licensed and unlicensed health care professionals who withdraw blood by venipuncture or skin puncture pursuant to their scope of practice at work. These professionals include:
 Physicians Disease Intervention Specialists Medical researchers Nurses (RN, LPN, LVN) Physician assistants Medical technologists Radiologic technologist EMT personnel Military medics Medical assistants (many are Certified Phlebotomy Technicians (CPT)
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Current training requirements for phlebotomists may vary widely from state to state and certification is not always required. However, since more and more employers request that their phlebotomy staff is certified, those who have received vocational training which included venipuncture, have graduated from a phlebotomy course, or those who are currently employed in the phlebotomy field with at least two or more years experience should seek certification!
PHLEBOTOMY REGULATIONS - They are here!The current trend seems to be that more and more states are pushing for new laws and regulations pertaining to phlebotomists, clinical laboratory technicians, clinical medical assistants, and patient care technicians. For example, on October 6, 1999, Governor Gray Davis of California signed Assembly Bill 1557 into law. This bill stipulates new training and continuing education requirements for *California's phlebotomists and took effect in 2002.
*California's phlebotomists and took effect in 2002.More information is available on the Office of Administrative Law web site by searching under California Code of Regulations, Title 17 (Public Health), Division 1 (State Department of Health), Chapter 2 (Laboratories), Subchapter 1 (Service Laboratories), Group 2 (Clinical Laboratory Regulations). For your convenience just click on this link California Code of Regulations which will take you to their web site.
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