该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 设置、操作和维护实验室设备
• 进行和解释血液、尿液、脑脊液和其他体液的化学分析
• 研究血细胞和其他组织以确定它们与各种生理和病理状况的关系
• 准备用于显微镜检查的组织切片，使用技术来展示特殊的细胞组织元素或其他特征
• 执行和解释用于输血目的的血型、类型和相容性测试
• 验证、记录和报告测试结果
• 建立标本分析和医学实验室实验的程序
• 对测试技术进行质量控制评估
• 可以监督和培训其他医学实验室技术人员、学生和助手
• 可在尸检期间协助病理学家。

• 需要两年或三年的医学实验室技术大学课程，并且可能需要一段时间的监督实践培训。
• 纽芬兰和拉布拉多、新斯科舍、新不伦瑞克、魁北克、安大略、马尼托巴、萨斯喀彻温和阿尔伯塔需要在监管机构注册。
• 加拿大医学实验室科学协会的认证通常是雇主要求的。
• 联合实验室和 X 射线技术人员需要完成联合实验室 X 射线技术计划。
• 一些雇主可能要求专业医学实验室技术人员获得大学科学学位。

• 在魁北克，医学实验室技术人员被称为 les technologistes médicaux，并受 L'Ordre professionnel des technologistes médicaux du Québec (L'OPTMQ) 监管。
• 医学实验室技术人员可能专注于临床化学、临床微生物学、血液学、组织技术、输血医学或免疫血液学、细胞技术、细胞遗传学和分子遗传学等领域。

• 生物工艺师和技术员（22110）
• 化学技师和技术员（22100）
• 医学实验室助理及相关技术职业（33101）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Set up, operate and maintain laboratory equipment
• Conduct and interpret chemical analyses of blood, urine, and cerebrospinal and other body fluids
• Study blood cells and other tissues to determine their relation to various physiological and pathological conditions
• Prepare tissue sections for microscopic examinations using techniques to demonstrate special cellular tissue elements or other characteristics
• Perform and interpret blood group, type and compatibility tests for transfusion purposes
• Validate, document and report test results
• Establish procedures for the analysis of specimens and for medical laboratory experiments
• Conduct quality control assessment of testing techniques
• May supervise and train other medical laboratory technical staff, students and helpers
• May assist pathologists during autopsies.

• A two- or three-year college program in medical laboratory technology is required and a period of supervised practical training may be required.
• Registration with a regulatory body is required in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
• Certification by the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science is usually required by employers.
• Combined laboratory and X-ray technicians require completion of a combined laboratory X-ray technology program.
• Some employers may require a university science degree for specialized medical laboratory technologists.

• In Quebec medical laboratory technologists are referred to as les technologistes médicaux and are regulated by L’Ordre professionnel des technologistes médicaux du Québec (L’OPTMQ).
• Medical laboratory technologists may specialize in areas such as clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology, hematology, histotechnology, transfusion medicine or immunohematology, cytotechnology, cytogenetics and molecular genetics.

• Biological technologists and technicians (22110)
• Chemical technologists and technicians (22100)
• Medical laboratory assistants and related technical occupations (33101)