What was James Buchanan's major accomplishment? His greatest achievement was to be elected the 15th President of the United States. His greatest achievement as president was to delay the Civil War for four years.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). In total, CLIA covers approximately 254,000 laboratory entities. The Division of Laboratory Services, within the Survey and Certification Group, under the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) has the responsibility for implementing the CLIA Program. The objective of the CLIA program is to ensure quality laboratory testing.
These regulations foster good medical laboratory practices to protect everyone. The CLIA regulations set standards for personnel, records, quality control and quality assurance. The greater the complexity of a test, the greater the requirements. Completed CMS-116 CLIA applications or changes to existing information on a CLIA certificate may either be faxed to 303-344-9965 or emailed to jeff.groff@state.co.us. For questions or assistance please call 303-692-3095.