Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 5 - Health Professions and Recreation
• 55 - Other Health Professions
• 51.10 - Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions

51.1005 - Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. These programs include courses in the theory and practice of hematology; clinical chemistry; microbiology; immunology; immunohematology; physiological relationships to test results; laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls; test and research design and implementation; analytic techniques; laboratory management and personnel supervision; data development and reporting; medical informatics; and professional standards and regulations.

• Example Program Names:

  • Clinical laboratory science/medical technology/technologist

• Exclusion

  • Biology lab technology(41.0101)
  • Medical laboratory assistant(51.0802)
  • Clinical/medical laboratory technician(51.1004)
  • Laboratory medicine-residency(60.0229)