Advanced Notification: Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix C – Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories and Laboratory Services
Guidance for: This memorandum provides state survey agency directors with advanced notification of revisions to State Operations Manual's (SOM) Appendix C, Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories and Laboratory Services. It specifies the revisions and implementation of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP) procedure in the revised SOM.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: November 06, 2015
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