Internship Prerequisite Checklist
Clinical Laboratory Science Program
If any of the following items are not completed/met by the deadline, the student will not be placed for internship
and cannot continue in the program. If this occurs, the student will lose any placement priorities for assignment.
If perchance a student has been assigned, and any item has not been received by internship start time, the student
will be immediately pulled from his/her internship site until such time as they are completed. The student will
make up the time missed at the end of the scheduled rotation, at the discretion of the site and program ocials.
The following must be complete and in your files prior to the start of internship:
Health requirements:
Physical exam (obtain Physical form from HO oce on main floor of RHEC)
Immunization/disease records
Titers where necessary (if can’t prove disease or immunization)
TB Skin Test - 2 step PPD
Hepatitis B series begun (or waiver)
Copy of Health Insurance card/coverage (if required by clinical facility)
College requirements:
Completion of all core and specified support courses with a minimum of a “C”.
Enrollment/registration in appropriate Clinical Education/Practicum course(s)
Initial program course requirements:
HIPAA/Confidentiality
Blood Borne Pathogens
Mandatory Reporting; Child Abuse Training
Mandatory Reporting; Dependent Adult Abuse Training
Or submit certificate good for 5 years
Miscellaneous:
Limited Criminal Background Check (TJC requirement of all hospitals)
on-line, in initial
program course