Section 4557 - Clinical laboratory certificate(a) Certificate.--If a pharmacy holds a valid certificate of waiver issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a pharmacy or pharmacist may order and perform laboratory examinations and procedures for COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and streptococcal infections authorized or approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (Public Law 100-578, 102 Stat. 2903) and shall be exempt from the requirements under section 3 of the act of September 26, 1951 (P.L.1539, No.389), known as the Clinical Laboratory Act.(b) Designation.--A pharmacist may designate the administration of a test under subsection (a) to a pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician if the designation by the pharmacist to a pharmacy intern or pharmacy technician and the administration of the test is in keeping with nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines that have not been disapproved by the Department of Health through transmission to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.Added by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 77,§ 11, eff. 11/14/2024.