Code of Ethics

As laboratory professionals and members of the California Association for Medical Laboratory Technology we:

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• Hold that our primary duty is to the patient community.

• Keep inviolate the trust placed in us by patient and physician, treating as confidential all information obtained.

• Pledge to uphold and strive to improve laws and regulations affecting public health with particular emphasis upon those relating to medical laboratory technology and medical laboratories.

• Endeavor to conduct our professional lives with dignity and integrity, recognizing that the entire profession and this Association are judged by our actions.

• Stand unified in order to maintain high academic standards for laboratory professionals.

• Accept responsibility for maintaining high ethical practices of our fellow members by cooperating with this Association and any pertinent regulatory agencies in the investigation, counsel or expulsion of violators.

• Encourage people of high moral character and intellect to enter this field.

• Maintain a vital interest in updating Clinical Laboratory Science curricula through cooperation with institutions of higher learning, in order to develop programs which meet the needs of the constantly changing healthcare environment.

• Assume responsibility in our professional interaction with students for their training and ethical guidance.

• Acknowledge our responsibility to interact with other health professionals.

• Are supportive of this Association, its ideals and programs.