{"id":3613,"date":"2021-08-25T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/?post_type=program&#038;p=3613"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:38:03","slug":"professional-certification","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/professional-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-u-py-80\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"uwm-l-col content-area\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\">\n\t<header class=\"page-header\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">\n\t\t\tProfessional Certification\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<\/header>\n\t\n\t\n\n<p>Graduates from the Medical Laboratory Science Program are eligible to take a national certification exam offered through the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many employers require certification for employment. Obtaining the UWM Biomedical Sciences \u2013Medical Laboratory Science Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree is not contingent on passing any type of national certification or licensure exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professional Certification information can be found at: American Society for Clinical Pathology \/ Board of Certification (BOC)<\/strong><br>33 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600<br>Chicago, IL 60603<br><a href=\"tel:312-541-4999\">312-541-4999<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ascp.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"secondary\" class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1 content-area\">\n            <nav aria-label=\"Section\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border uwm-u-mb-40\">\n                <div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/\">Medical Laboratory Science<\/a>                <\/div>\n                <ul>\n                                            \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/clinical-education\/\" >Clinical Education<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/get-involved\/\" >Get Involved<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/graduation\/\" >Graduation<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/program-outcomes\/\" >Program Outcomes<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/professional-certification\/\" >Professional Certification<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/academics\/bs-medical-laboratory-science\/professional-organizations\/\" >Professional Organizations<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2021\/06\/BMS-essential-functions-of-biomedical-scientist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Essential Functions of a Biomedical Scientist (PDF)<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/biomedical-sciences-healthcare-administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2021\/06\/BMS-health-status-assessment-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health Status Assessment Form (PDF)<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                        <\/ul>\n            <\/nav>\n        \n\n\n    <div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--color-head uwm-u-my-40\">\n        <div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Contact<\/div>\n        <div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\">\n            <div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n                <p><strong>Bill Mueller, MS<\/strong><br>Academic Advisor<br>414-229-5047<br><a href=\"mailto:muellew@uwm.edu\">muellew@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Zachary R. Lunak, PhD, MLS (ASCP)<sup>CM<\/sup>, HTL (ASCP)<sup>CM<\/sup><\/strong><br>Program Director<br>414-251-5328<br><a href=\"mailto:lunak@uwm.edu\">lunak@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Brad De Pons, MLS(ASCP)<sup>CM<\/sup><\/strong><br>Clinical Education Coordinator<br>414-251-5861<br><a href=\"mailto:bkdepons@uwm.edu\">bkdepons@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":199,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uwm_academics_program_template":"subpage","_uwm_academics_program_navigation":[],"uwm_academics_program_card_image_id":0,"uwm_academics_program_banner_image_id":0,"uwm_academics_program_sort_title":"","uwm_academics_program_external_url":"","uwm_academics_program_jump_details_btn":true,"_uwm_academics_program_exclude_from_programs_archive_page":false,"_uwm_academics_program_exclude_from_programs_block":false,"_uwm_academics_program_exclude_from_department_page":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"program_group":[],"program_tag":[],"program_type":[],"program_format":[],"program_department":[],"class_list":["post-3613","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School of Biomedical Sciences &amp; 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