A supervisor is the laboratory director's designee for monitoring compliance with all applicable regulations of the board and the department. Other duties include:
- Performing the duties of a technologist, if needed, in the specialty area(s) where licensure is held
- Assigning direct supervision responsibilities to licensed technologists if needed, while ensuring that direct supervision of technicians is properly performed.
- Evaluating technologists' and technicians' competency in running tests and reporting results
- Being available to all personnel to answer questions and resolve problems
- Providing day-to-day supervision of test performance, including on-site direct supervision of testing that is performed by technicians
- Ensuring that quality control is performed and corrective action taken if necessary
- Ensuring that no patient testing is reported until corrective action has been taken and the test system is properly functioning
- Providing orientation to all testing personnel
- Implementing a quality maintenance program
