Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1967

Clin·i·cal Lab·o·ra·to·ry Im·prove·ment Act of 1967

(CLIA '67) (klin'i-kăl lab'ră-tōr-ē im-prūv'mĕnt akt) U.S. federal law (Public Law 90-174) regulating medical laboratories that process more than 100 specimens per year in interstate commerce. Usually applied to only large, independent laboratories.
See also: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act Amendments of 1988