Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Issued over 9 years ago
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CLIA requires all laboratories that examine materials derived from the human body for diagnosis, prevention, or treatment purposes to be certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. For many Americans, the accuracy of clinical laboratory test results can be a life or death matter. By the CLIA law, certificate of waiver (COW) laboratories perform only tests that are determined by FDA or CDC to be so simple that there is little risk of error.