CAN THE LAB REPORTS SIGNED BY LAB TECHNICIANS OR NON MEDICAL GRADUATES TRAINED IN BIOCHEM OR MICROBIOLOGY ?

Is a non-medical person having the degree of MSC in biochemistry or microbiology competent to sign the laboratory test reports issued to patients? Will it make a difference if the person concerned has been teaching these subjects in a medical college?

that persons holding any other degree for example M.Sc. Microbiology and Biochemistry cannot run pathology lab. Since we have held that pathology is a branch of medicine a person who is not registered in the State Medical Register as a medical practitioner, cannot practice in pathology and cannot sign any certificate or report relating to pathology. If DMLT orBsc MLT or other equivalent qualification are running a pathological laboratory, they should appoint a qualified pathologist as recognised by the state Medical Council and Medical Council of India to certify their reports.

persons having Msc in biochem or microbiology may conduct the test procedures for which they are trained. For that matter, all biochem tests are usually done by auto-analysers. so here we are not disputing about the competency or legality of doing test procedures by these persons.

what the IMC act signifies is,that only medical graduates trained in those faculties(MICRO,BIOCHEM,PATHO) should sign those reports served by either technicians or NON-MEDICAL GRADUATES.

The qualified medical graduate having the degree of concerned faculty-biochem,patho,micro -must attend the laboratory regularly and should perform the reading and should get the tests performed under his supervision and only thereafter can sign the reports.