title: The law, regulations, and the clinical laboratory.
abstract: Almost every clinical laboratory, regardless of physical location, comes under the daily influence of a plethora of federal bureaus and administrations, state agencies, and local government entities. This article outlines which laws and regulations affect which types of clinical laboratories, who or what governmental organizations must be dealt with, and what impact these requirements have on the clinical laboratory.
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D001771:Blood Banks; D004651:Employment; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008004:Licensure; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States