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Check Eligibility

Applicants must meet one of the following routes to be eligible for MLS certification. All applicants must pass the AMTr examination for MLS, to become certified.


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Once you are eligible, you can apply!


Application Fee*

MLS
$245
MLS International
$225

  • Submit a separate application for each certification.
  • *Fees are non-refundable and include application, exam and first annual fee.

Prepare

Utilize AMTr study resources to increase testing confidence.


Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)

Take the Exam

Once you receive notice from AMTr with approval, you may proceed.


  • If you are taking the exam at school, your instructor will provide the exam date and time.
  • If you are taking the exam at a Pearson VUE testing center location, you will schedule your own exam.

MLS Eligibility Routes

Education Route â–¼

Applicant shall have graduated with a baccalaureate degree in Medical Laboratory Science (or equivalent) within the past 5 years from a program or institution accredited by a recognized regional or national accreditation agency.*

  • Acceptable programs must include a clinical rotation through the following sections of the laboratory: Blood Banking, Microbiology, Chemistry, and Hematology
  • If graduated more than 5 years ago, a minimum of one year of approved clinical laboratory experience is required.

*Program or institution must be accredited by either the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) or another regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education (DOE), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or otherwise approved by AMTr.

MLT or Military Routeâ–¼

Applicant shall possess a baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a recognized regional or national accreditation agency,* or an equivalent degree from a foreign institution as certified by a foreign transcript evaluation agency approved by AMTr.

AND shall have completed a minimum of one year of approved clinical laboratory experience in at least one of the following sections of the laboratory: Blood Banking, Microbiology, Chemistry, and Hematology.

AND shall have completed an acceptable program containing a clinical rotation through the following sections of the laboratory: Blood Banking, Microbiology, Chemistry, and Hematology through either:

  • an accredited medical laboratory technician (MLT) program* OR
  • a 50-week US military medical laboratory training program

*Program or institution must be accredited by a regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education (DOE), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or otherwise approved by AMTr.

Alternate Education Route â–¼

Applicant shall have graduated with a baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a recognized regional or national accreditation agency,* or an equivalent degree from a foreign institution as certified by a foreign transcript evaluation agency approved by AMTr.

AND shall have completed either:

  • Forty-eight (48) semester hours of medical laboratory technology or clinical laboratory science courses OR
  • Forty-eight (48) semester hours of coursework across various subjects related to the clinical laboratory sciences, such as: General Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, etc.

AND shall have either:

  • Completed a minimum of one year of approved clinical laboratory experience, which must include a clinical rotation through the following sections of the laboratory: Blood Banking, Microbiology, Chemistry, and Hematology, OR
  • Completed an accredited* post-baccalaureate medical laboratory science training program (or equivalent) within the past 5 years
    • Acceptable programs must include a clinical rotation through the following sections of the laboratory: Blood Banking, Microbiology, Chemistry, and Hematology

*Program or institution must be accredited by a regional or national accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education (DOE), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or otherwise approved by AMTr.

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