The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations apply to all U.S. facilities or sites that test human specimens for health or disease assessment.. The intent of the CLIA program is to ensure that laboratory test results provided to individuals and their health care providers are accurate and reliable. During the Public Health Emergency (PHE) posed by COVID-19, there was an urgent need to expand laboratory capacity.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program. The objective of CLIA is to ensure quality laboratory testing.. WASHINGTON - 10 September 2025 - Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the leading voice of the global cruise industry, today released its annual Environmental Technologies and Practices (ETP) report.