Verified October 10, 2026 against the statutes, regulations and sources cited below. The state decides every application. All states
What testing sites miss in Kansas
- KDHE requires every CLIA change to be made on a CMS-116 signed by the laboratory director; applications may be emailed or faxed.
Does Kansas require a state lab license on top of CLIA?
KDHE's Laboratory Improvement Program runs the federal CLIA program for about 2,200 Kansas labs, and its page describes only CLIA certification. No separate state laboratory license is described.
- Does not reach waived-only labs
What does Kansas charge?
No state laboratory fee; the lab pays only the CMS certificate fee.
Do labs in other states need a Kansas 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.
Where does a Kansas CMS-116 go?
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment, CLIA Laboratory Certification
- Email: kdhe.clia2@ks.gov
- Phone: (785) 296-3811
Opening a testing site in Kansas?
We prepare the CMS-116 and any Kansas 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.