Only One of Its Kind
The Only Clinical Lab in South Florida With a Histology Training Program
Among the state-licensed histology training programs in South Florida (Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties), ours is the only one run by a clinical laboratory rather than a college, so trainees learn on real specimens, in a real laboratory, from the people doing the work every day.
Source: Florida Department of Health license records for Clinical Laboratory Training Programs, as of October 2026.
State Licensed
Approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel
State-Licensed Program
Clinical Laboratory Training Program license, qualification: Histology. First licensed in 2007.
Florida Department of Health
Issued by the Division of Medical Quality Assurance. Programs are approved by the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.
Chapter 483, F.S.
Approved under Chapter 483, Part III, Florida Statutes, and Rule 64B3-3, Florida Administrative Code.
Clinical Practicum
State rules require approved programs to include a practicum in a clinical laboratory. Ours happens in our own lab.
The Work
What Histotechnicians Do
Every tissue diagnosis starts with a slide. Histotechnicians take a biopsy or surgical specimen from the moment it arrives in formalin to a thin, stained section on glass, ready for the pathologist’s microscope. The quality of that slide directly affects what the pathologist can see, which makes histology one of the most important, and least visible, jobs in patient care.
Curriculum
What Trainees Learn
Accessioning & Tracking
Receiving specimens, matching them to requisitions, and keeping every block and slide traceable to the right patient.
Fixation & Processing
How formalin fixation and tissue processing preserve tissue, and what goes wrong when either is rushed.
Embedding
Orienting tissue in paraffin so the pathologist sees the right plane, a skill small GI biopsies demand every day.
Microtomy
Cutting thin, even sections on the microtome and mounting them cleanly on slides.
Staining
Routine H&E staining, plus how special stains and immunohistochemistry support a diagnosis.
Quality & Safety
Quality control, laboratory safety, and the HIV/AIDS and medical error prevention instruction Florida requires.
Who It’s For
Starting a Career in Histology
New to the Lab
People with a science background who want a hands-on laboratory career in patient care.
Already in Healthcare
Lab assistants, aides, and other healthcare workers ready to move into histology.
Career Changers
Detail-oriented people who want meaningful, behind-the-scenes work in medicine.
Training Program Questions
Yes. Boca-Delray Pathology Laboratories has held a Clinical Laboratory Training Program license in Histology since 2007 from the Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance. Training programs are approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel under Chapter 483, Part III, Florida Statutes, and Rule 64B3-3, Florida Administrative Code.
Yes, at colleges. According to Florida Department of Health license records (October 2026), the other state-licensed histology training programs in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties are run by colleges. Boca-Delray Pathology Laboratories is the only clinical laboratory in South Florida with one.
In our working anatomic pathology laboratory at 5150 Linton Blvd, Suite 250, Delray Beach, Florida, alongside the histotechnicians and pathologists who handle our daily caseload.
Florida licenses histology technicians who hold national HT(ASCP) certification. Our program provides supervised, hands-on histology training in a clinical laboratory; ask us how it fits your own path to certification and licensure.
Contact the laboratory by phone at (561) 638-7577 or through our contact form to ask about current openings, prerequisites, and schedule. Ask about the training program
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