Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments are regulations created in 1988 by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to ensure quality laboratory testing on humans. Found on http://www.genesinlife.org/glossary
Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. Federal legislation and the personnel and procedures established by it under the aegis of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) for the surveillance and regulation of all clinical laboratory procedures in the United States. ... Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=18174