But take heed: While lab workers are now on the mobility fast track, that luxury could be changing. The reason is that only 12 states require licenses for these professionals. While medical laboratory scientists (MLS) and medical laboratory technicians (MLT) may be required to obtain a state license, their working-across-the-border options are much easier to navigate. The landscape is vastly different for laboratory workers. Some organizations are pushing to form a national pact to remove all state border-crossing problems. Some states are forming multi-state compacts to relieve the burden for traveling nurses. For example, a nurse licensed in one state may not be able to cross into a nearby state and practice due to varying state-specific licensure requirements that may not be reciprocal. The issue of crossing state lines to practice in one’s own healthcare specialty is not as tricky for laboratorians as for other healthcare professionals. Lack of state licensure has been a passport for easy mobility for healthcare professionals.
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