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The New Mexico Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) program ensures that all laboratory facilities (including physician office laboratories) meet the established health and safety standards for specimen testing.

The mission of the program is to ensure that the highest quality of laboratory testing is performed in New Mexico through education and enforcement of federal regulations. The purpose of CLIA is to set minimum standards for all laboratories to follow and to determine if laboratories are achieving those standards.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program has gone paperless as of March 1, 2026. Paper fee coupons and certificates will no longer be furnished. 

To sign up, please send an email request to clia.dhi@hca.nm.gov. Your request must include your facility name, your Laboratory Director’s name, your CLIA number, and the email address at which you would like to receive notifications. Please note, only one email may be enrolled at this time. 

Resources 

• CMS-116 CLIA Application – Form CMS-116, CLIA APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION 

• CLIA fees can be paid here – Pay.gov – CLIA Laboratory User Fees 

• Copies of existing electronic certificates can be found here – S&C QCOR 

• General Information — Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act Historical Information 

• Regulatory Text – eCFR :: 42 CFR Part 493 — Laboratory Requirements 

• Special Alerts — Live Blood Cell Analysis Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act 

• Center’s for Medicare and Medicaid Services — Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments 

Contact:

CLIA Program – CLIA.DHI@hca.nm.gov – (505) 670-4715 – (505) 630-7824  
CLIA Program Manager – Gonzalez, Francisco, HCA  FranciscoJ.Gonzalez@hca.nm.gov