Verified October 10, 2026 against the statutes, regulations and sources cited below. The state decides every application. All states
Does Idaho require a state lab license on top of CLIA?
Idaho's Bureau of Laboratories describes the federal CLIA certificate as the license an Idaho lab needs and runs the CLIA program for over 1,400 certified labs. No separate state laboratory license is described.
- Does not reach waived-only labs
What does Idaho charge?
No state laboratory fee; the lab pays only the CMS certificate fee.
Do labs in other states need a Idaho license to test its specimens?
No state laboratory license was found, so a lab in another state needs nothing from this state to test its specimens beyond its own CLIA certificate.
Does Idaho add a form to the CMS-116?
Compliance and Accreditation applicants send Idaho's Director Qualification Form with the CMS-116; Waiver applicants send the CMS-116 alone.
Where does a Idaho CMS-116 go?
- Idaho Bureau of Laboratories, Laboratory Improvement Section
- Email: labimprovement@dhw.idaho.gov
- Phone: (208) 334-0528
Opening a testing site in Idaho?
We prepare the CMS-116 and any Idaho filing for your owner or director to sign, and track both to approval. You pay CMS and the state directly. A Certificate of Waiver application is $399 per site.