Adds to existing law to provide for the licensure of medical laboratory science practitioners.

The purpose of this bill is to provide licensure for the practice of Medical Laboratory Science . It ensures thatthoseworkinginmedicallaboratoriesarequalifiedtoperformlaboratorytestingandallactivitiesrelated to the analysis of materials derived from the human body. The bill defines three categories of practitioners and their qualifications, fees for licensure, a medical laboratory board and its powers and duties, and the administration by the board through the Bureau of Occupational Licensing. Laboratory test results provide information to primary care providers for the assessment, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of a disease or impairment. By licensing laboratory practitioners, tests will be performed with the highest degree of professional competency by those engaged in providing laboratory services in Idaho.