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Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of the Joint Commission as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988; Correction

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title: "Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of the Joint Commission as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988; Correction"
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#  Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of the Joint Commission as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988; Correction

**AGENCY:**

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

**ACTION:**

Notice; correction.

**SUMMARY:**

This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the notice published in the May 24, 2024, *Federal Register* titled “Medicare Program; Announcement of the Reapproval of the Joint Commission as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1998”.

**DATES:**

*Effective date:* This correction notice is effective November 19, 2025.

*Applicability date:* The corrections in this notice are applicable to the re-approval of the Joint Commission as an Accreditation Organization Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 from May 24, 2024 through May 24, 2030.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Raymond Castillo, (312) 886-3595.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

**I. Background**

In FR Doc. 2024-11421 of May 24, 2024 (89 FR 45900 through 45901), there were technical errors that are identified and corrected in this correcting document.

**II. Summary of Errors**

On page 45900, in the *SUMMARY* section, we inadvertently omitted several entries from the list of specialties and subspecialties under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988. We also made inadvertent technical errors in several bulleted paragraphs.

**III. Correction of Errors**

In FR Doc. 2024-11421 of May 24, 2024 (89 FR 45900 through 45901), make the following correction:

1. On page 45900,

a. First column, sixth full paragraph ( *SUMMARY* section), lines 15 through 22, the phrase “Toxicology, and Endocrinology; Hematology, including routine hematology and coagulation; Immunohematology, including ABO Group, D (Rho) typing, Unexpected Antibody Detection, Compatibility Testing, and Antibody Identification; Pathology, including Histopathology, Oral Pathology, and Cytology.” is corrected to read, “Toxicology, Endocrinology, and Urinalysis; Hematology, including routine hematology and coagulation; Immunohematology, including ABO Group, D (Rho) typing, Unexpected Antibody Detection, Compatibility Testing, and Antibody Identification; Pathology, including Histopathology, Oral Pathology, Cytology, Histocompatibility, Radiobioassay, and Clinical Cytogenetics.”

b. Second column,

(1) Third bulleted paragraph, lines 2 and 3, the phrase “Toxicology, and Endocrinology.” is corrected to read, “Toxicology, Endocrinology, and Urinalysis.”.

(2) Sixth bulleted paragraph, lines 1 through 3, the paragraph “• Pathology, including Histopathology, and Oral Pathology, and Cytology.” is corrected to read as follows:

“• Histocompatibility.

• Radiobioassay.

• Clinical Cytogenetics.”

• Pathology, including Histopathology, and Oral Pathology, and Cytology.”

c. Third column,

(1) Third bulleted paragraph, lines 2 and 3, the phrase “Toxicology, and Endocrinology.” is corrected to read, “Toxicology, Endocrinology, and Urinalysis.”.

(2) Sixth bulleted paragraph, lines 1 through 3, the paragraph “• Pathology, including Histopathology, and Oral Pathology, and Cytology.” is corrected to read as follows:

“• Pathology, including Histopathology, and Oral Pathology, and Cytology.

• Histocompatibility.

• Radiobioassay.

• Clinical Cytogenetics.”

The Director of the Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Kathleen Cantwell,  having reviewed and approved this document, authorizes Trenesha Fultz-Mimms, who is the Federal Register Liaison, to electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the *Federal Register* .

Trenesha Fultz-Mimms,

Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.