Title: Describe employment-related tests and background checks in the medical laboratory technology field.
Course: Medical Laboratory Technology II (14102-II) > Section: Exploring Professional Choices

Description should include the types of tests and checks (e.g., certification tests, drug tests, background checks, laboratory competency tests, immunization requirements) and their purposes (e.g., validation of professional competence, detection of substance abuse, scrutiny of background for barrier crimes and other undesirable behavior). It should also describe the concept of barrier crimes and the reasons barrier-crime checks are required by law in the healthcare field.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How is drug testing used to screen potential and current employees? Why are drug tests administered to potential medical laboratory personnel?
- How are healthcare patients protected by pre-employment tests for professional competency? By pre-employment background checks for barrier crimes?