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Table. 3.

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.
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