The imposition of a principal or alternative sanction by the ASD(HA) or designee.

Any action less than limitation, suspension, or revocation of a CLIP certificate taken in response to a laboratory’s deficiencies in meeting CLIP requirements.

A school or program that:

• Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such certificate, such as a General Education Development examination.
• Is legally authorized within a State to provide a program of education beyond secondary e...

The process, operation, or method of determining the concentration of a substance in solution.

All components of a test that are packaged together.

The instructions and all of the instrumentation, equipment, reagents, and supplies needed to perform an assay or examination and generate test results.

Regulations and instructions for the DOD Components based on the CLIA regulations issued by the HHS. CLIA comparable regulations are similar to, but not necessarily identical to HHS CLIA regulations, modified only as may be required to meet unique aspects of DOD missions, training and preparations during peace, contingency, and wartime operations which pr...

A nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant who is licensed by the recognized licensing agency of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, and privileged to practice his or her specialty in a DOD MTF.

Medical facilities for field services, such as aid stations, clearing stations, and division, field and force combat support and evacuation hospitals; medical facilities afloat, such as hospital ships and sick bays aboard ships; and tactical casualty staging facilities and medical advance base components contained within mobile-type units.

Tests taken to certify that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. The GED is also referred to as a General Education Diploma, General Equivalency Diploma, or Graduate Equivalency Degree.

A field of pathology concerned with the investigation of disorders of the female genital tract.

A test system cleared or approved by the FDA through the premarket notification or premarket approval process for in vitro diagnostic use. Unless otherwise stated, this includes test systems exempt from FDA premarket clearance or approval.

An established land-based medical center, hospital, clinic, or other facility that provides medical, surgical, or dental care and that does not fall within the definition of non-fixed MTF.

Knowing and willful noncompliance with any CLIP condition.

A certificate issued on the basis of the laboratory’s accreditation by an accrediting organization approved by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (indicating that the laboratory is deemed to meet applicable CLIP requirements).