The Laboratory Improvement Section provides registration and inspection of clinical laboratories. The clinical laboratory inspections are performed as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) program. The CLIA regulations can be found at the CMS website. If you have questions, please call 208-334-2235 ext. 245. Labs beginning operation must complete and submit the following forms:

• Idaho Laboratory Registration Form
• Idaho CLIA Lab Registration Form

The Laboratory Improvement Section of the Bureau of Laboratories provides the inspection program for X-ray producing machines. Inspections are provided under two programs:

• Mammography facilities are inspected under an agreement with the FDA to perform federal inspections of Idaho mammography sites
• All other x-ray facilities (e.g. medical, dental, veterinarian, chiropractic, academic, and industrial) are inspected based on Idaho Radiation Control Regulations

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Idaho X-Ray Machine Registration Forms:

• X-Ray Part 1
• X-Ray Part 2 

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 More Information:

• American College of Radiology (Certification; Keyword: Mammography)
• Fact Sheet on Tritium Exit Signs
• FDA Mammography Certification Information
• Nationwide Evaluation of X-Ray Trends (NEXT):  Efforts to characterize the radiation doses patients receive during diagnostic x-ray exams
• Upper Gastrointestinal Fluoroscopy Brochure

The Idaho Bureau of Laboratories certifies laboratories for the chemical and microbiological testing of drinking water from public water systems as part of the primacy agreement between the State of Idaho and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Laboratories are certified for microbiology, organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry analytes and methods. A list of laboratories certified by the State of Idaho can be found at the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality website.

Equipment and procedures employed by laboratories certified by the State of Idaho conform to the provisions and QA standards in the "EPA Manual for the Certification of Laboratories Analyzing Drinking Water" and to rules and regulations governing certification of Idaho water quality laboratories. The certification authority for the State of Idaho is Interim Bureau Chief, Chris Ball, Ph.D.