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Diplomate in Laboratory Management – DLM(ASCP)

ASCP BOC laboratory-management certification for professionals who direct, manage, or supervise a laboratory with responsibility for finances, operations, personnel, and compliance.

Licensing authority: American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification · Application information

Initial by examination
ASCP BOC Diplomate in Laboratory Management (DLM) Examination
Applicability
Current U.S. ASCP initial-certification route only; ASCPi, renewal, adjacent credentials, and state licensure are outside this task. No official start or end date for this credential, route, or current guideline's examination applicability is published in the submitted originals; date boundaries remain null. The current credential page directly links the submitted guideline and experience form. Revision labels identify documents and are not asserted effective dates.
Common Requirements
["Experience in 25 of the 37 officially listed areas within the applicable route's time frame; the areas are financial management (10), operations management (10), human resource management (9), and quality management (8), including the examples printed in the current eligibility page and Experience Documentation Form.","An acceptable clinical laboratory has a CMS CLIA certificate of registration, compliance, or accreditation; OR a DoD CLIP certificate of registration, compliance, or accreditation; OR JCI accreditation; OR accreditation under ISO 15189.","Clinical laboratory supervision or management experience may include on-the-job training.","Upload the applicable experience documentation form, and submit an acceptable transcript or transcript evaluation to verify academic requirements; education need not be from the United States.","Experience forms must be completed and signed by a qualified supervisor who directly oversees and can verify the applicants technical experience and competency; multiple forms are required for different facilities or supervisors. A supervisor letter of authenticity must be printed on original institutional letterhead, state that the supervisor completed, signed and dated the form, and contain a wet signature.","Business owners must submit incorporation papers or other ownership documentation.","After ASCP BOC reviews the application and determines eligibility, schedule at a Pearson Testing Center and sit within the eligibility period in the Admission Notification.","The live DLM certification examination must be passed; existing scientist or specialist certification in Routes 2 and 3 is an applicant qualification, not an additional named current examination leaf."]
Eligibility Any Of
[{"allOf":["MBA, MHA, or other management-related master's degree from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university; the stated degree or higher","2 years of full-time acceptable clinical laboratory supervision or management experience within the last 5 years"],"officialRoute":"Route 1"},{"allOf":["Valid ASCP scientist or specialist certification","Master's degree from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university; the stated degree or higher","2 years of full-time acceptable clinical laboratory supervision or management experience within the last 5 years"],"officialRoute":"Route 2"},{"allOf":["Valid ASCP scientist or specialist certification","Baccalaureate degree from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university; the stated degree or higher","4 years of full-time acceptable clinical laboratory supervision or management experience within the last 8 years"],"officialRoute":"Route 3"},{"allOf":["Doctorate from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university in medicine, chemistry, biology, immunology, microbiology, allied health, medical laboratory science, or an appropriately related field","4 years of full-time acceptable clinical laboratory supervision or management experience within the last 8 years"],"officialRoute":"Route 4"},{"allOf":["Baccalaureate degree from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university in a management or business-related field; the stated degree or higher","4 years of full-time acceptable clinical laboratory supervision or management experience within the last 8 years"],"officialRoute":"Route 5"},{"allOf":["Baccalaureate degree from an accredited (regionally or nationally) college/university; the stated degree or higher","5 years of full-time acceptable clinical laboratory supervision or management experience within the last 10 years"],"officialRoute":"Route 6"}]
Evidence Claim Ids
["dlm-712-eligibility","dlm-712-registration","dlm-712-route"]

ASCP BOC Diplomate in Laboratory Management (DLM) Examination

Provider
Pearson Testing Centers
Format
Computer adaptive testing (CAT); multiple-choice questions with one best answer; theoretical and/or procedural questions
Exam questions
Total questions: 100; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
2 hours 30 minutes
Passing score
400 on a scaled-score range of 100 to 999
Exam fee
$425 non-refundable application fee
Examination outline

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • Financial Management — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 22.5%)
    • Budgets
    • Capital Equipment Acquisition
    • Cost Analysis
    • Materials Management
    • Financial Accounting
    • Utilization Management
    • Labor Resource Management
    • Contract Negotiations
    • Cash Flow Analysis
    • Revenue Cycle Management
  • Operations Management — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 22.5%)
    • Safety and Emergency Management
    • Multidisciplinary Activities
    • Informatics and Data Analytics
    • Facilities Management
    • Equipment Management
    • Verification and Validation of Methods/Tests
    • Strategic Planning
    • Project Management
    • Communication Management
    • Marketing and Outreach
  • Human Resource Management — Official range: 30–35% (Practice allocation: 32.5%)
    • Recruiting/Hiring and Separation
    • Engagement
    • Staffing and Scheduling
    • Performance Management
    • Succession Planning and Staff Development
    • Organization Structure and Job Descriptions
    • Wage and Salary Administration
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Conflict Resolution
  • Quality Management — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 22.5%)
    • Process Improvement
    • Regulatory Compliance and Licensure
    • Accreditation
    • Risk Assessment and Management
    • Auditing
    • Quality Assurance
    • Document Management
    • Nonconforming Event, Causal Analysis, and Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA)
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