ANTICIPATED ELIGIBILITY
Candidates who meet all eligibility requirements within 3 months of the application deadline (March 7, 2026) will be admitted to this examination.  Successful candidates will be placed on the eligible list but may not be hired or promoted until all requirements have been satisfied. 

1. CERTIFICATION: Certification as one of the following:

  Medical Technologist by American Medical Technologists (AMT), or by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) as:

-  Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), or

-  Medical Technologist (MT), or

-  Chemistry (C), or

-  Hematology (H), or

-  Microbiology (M) or

-  Certification by the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA), or

-  Certification in a related area by Health Education and Welfare (HEW) or equivalent national certifying agency.

AND

2. EDUCATION: Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in medical technology, biology, immunology, serology, microbiology, chemistry or other closely related field in the chemical, physical, or biological sciences.

AND

3. EXPERIENCE:  Four years of full performance level experience performing diagnostic laboratory tests in the area of Clinical Microbiology. OR Two years as a Laboratory Program Scientist in the Health Department’s Public Health Laboratory.

NOTE: Completion of a master's degree program in any one of the disciplines specified in the education section can be substituted for two years of full-performance-level experience. 

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS: Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, AND/OR CERTIFICATES:  Possession of a valid, proper class motor vehicle operator's license as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to appointment and during tenure of employment as a Public Health Laboratory Section Supervisor.

Certification as a Medical Technologist by the American Medical Technologists (AMT) or as a Medical Laboratory Scientist or Clinical Laboratory Scientist or other acceptable certification listed in the requirements above by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) prior to appointment and during tenure of employment as a Public Health Laboratory Section Supervisor.