American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Improving healthcare through laboratory medicine
Test Categorization

The CLIA'88 standards classified laboratory tests as either high complexity, moderate complexity or waiver.  There are certain requirements associated with each categorization, with high complexity being the most stringent and waiver the least stringent.  The FDA has created a searchable database, which allows you to determine the categorization of the test.  You may access that database by clicking on the link below.

Searchable Database for CLIA Categorized Tests