Common use of Clinical Laboratory Improvements Clause in Contracts

Clinical Laboratory Improvements. Provider and any laboratories used by Subcontractor shall comply with the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA 1988), 42 CFR Part 493 Laboratory Requirements and ORS 438, which require that all laboratory testing sites providing services under the CCO Contract shall have either a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments ("CLIA") certificate of waiver or a certificate of registration along with a CLIA identification number. Laboratories with certificates of waiver will provide only the eight types of tests permitted under the terms of the waiver. Laboratories with certificates of registration may perform a full range of laboratory tests. [Exhibit E, Paragraph 14].