Verified October 10, 2026 against the statutes, regulations and sources cited below. The state decides every application. All states
What testing sites miss in Louisiana
- CMS's State Agency list gives a staff member's address (Alexa.Little@la.gov); LDH's own CLIA page lists the shared box LDH.CLIA@la.gov.
- LDH says CLIA is not required for specimen collection alone, but a single finger-stick glucose test requires a certificate.
Does Louisiana require a state lab license on top of CLIA?
The Louisiana Department of Health's CLIA pages describe only federal CLIA certification, which LDH's Health Standards Section administers for CMS. No separate state laboratory facility license is described.
- Does not reach waived-only labs
What does Louisiana charge?
No state laboratory fee; the lab pays only the CMS certificate fee.
Do labs in other states need a Louisiana 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 Louisiana CMS-116 go?
- Louisiana Department of Health, Health Standards Section, CLIA Program
- Email: LDH.CLIA@la.gov
- Phone: (225) 342-9324
Opening a testing site in Louisiana?
We prepare the CMS-116 and any Louisiana 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.