Facility, personnel, and equipment criteria according to the Reimbursement Standard Notice
Facility: Healthcare institutions that meet all of the following conditions: |
a) Genetic testing institutions reported in accordance with Article 49 of the “Act on Bioethics and Safety” |
b) Institutions that have received “Genetic Testing Accuracy Evaluation” three times or more in accordance with Article 48 of the “Enforcement Rules of the Act on Bioethics and Safety” |
c) Institutions that meet all the conditions of (1)-(3) in the “Genetic Testing Accuracy Evaluation” of b) as of the date of healthcare coverage implementation: |
(1) A-grade operation of the testing laboratory |
(2) Results of on-site inspection in evaluation categories 1 and 3 are A-grade |
(3) Scores of evaluation categories 1 and 3 in external proficiency testing are both average 90 points or higher |
Personnel: Requires at least one full-time laboratory medicine or pathology specialists with more than five years of experience after obtaining specialist qualification, and at least one full-time clinical laboratory technicians. |
Equipment: The resolution of testing equipment and Biochips (DNA Chips) should be 400 kb or higher. |