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Laboratory director of record
Part-time coverage within days.
Part time · Credentialed and verified · Named on your certificate
What you receive.
The director is the one name a surveyor checks first. A vacancy is not a staffing inconvenience, it is a compliance exposure that starts the day the previous director leaves. Coverage is a credential question before it is a scheduling one.
- A qualified director matched to your complexity and specialties
- Credentials verified and documented before the name goes on a certificate
- A signed agreement covering duties, availability and escalation
- The certificate change filed and tracked to issue
- On-site presence at the interval your complexity requires
- Sign-off on procedures, validations, quality control and corrective action
What the director does
The duties the regulation assigns.
Oversight
Overall operation and administration of the laboratory.
Personnel
Qualified staff, defined duties, documented competency.
Procedures
Approved, signed and dated before use.
Validation
Performance specifications reviewed and accepted.
Quality
Quality control, proficiency testing, corrective action.
Reporting
Result reporting, retention and clinical consultation.
The engagement
Match, verify, file, then onboard.
Requirements and match
Week 1
Credential verification
Week 2
Agreement and filing
Week 3
Onboarding and first review
Week 4
Before you engage
Price: monthly fee, by complexity and on-site interval.
Lead: the director named in your agreement, with a partner as backup.
How it starts: a 20-minute call, then a written scope and fee before any work begins.
Questions
How many laboratories may one director hold?
CLIA sets a limit on the number of laboratories a director may direct. We confirm the current limit and the director’s existing load before any match.
How quickly can a director be named?
It depends on credential verification and your state filing. We commit to a date once we see your certificate and specialties, not before.
Is a remote director acceptable?
The director must be available to the laboratory and present as the regulation and your accrediting body require. On-site interval is part of the agreement, in writing.
Cited on this page
- 42 CFR 493.1441 to 493.1495, laboratory director (ecfr.gov)
- 42 CFR 493.1407 and 493.1443, qualifications (ecfr.gov)
Citations link to the official text. Nothing here replaces the current checklist issued by your accrediting body, and we read that checklist with you rather than in place of you.
Put a qualified name on the certificate.
Twenty minutes, then a written scope. Nothing starts until you sign it.