Verified October 10, 2026 against the statutes, regulations and sources cited below. The state decides every application. All states
What testing sites miss in Mississippi
- MSDH says emailed CMS-116 applications are processed fastest.
Does Mississippi require a state lab license on top of CLIA?
The Mississippi State Department of Health's clinical laboratory page asks only for the federal CMS-116, sent without payment, and points to CMS for lab regulations. No separate state laboratory license is described.
- Does not reach waived-only labs
What does Mississippi charge?
No state laboratory fee; the lab pays only the CMS certificate fee.
Do labs in other states need a Mississippi 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 Mississippi CMS-116 go?
- Mississippi State Department of Health, Licensure and Certification, CLIA
- Email: CLIA-MSDH@msdh.ms.gov
- Phone: (601) 364-1115
Opening a testing site in Mississippi?
We prepare the CMS-116 and any Mississippi 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.