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title: CMS Issues Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Tests and CLIA Certificates of Waiver
description: COLA Inc. has extended its partnership with the CDC through the Laboratory Communicators’ Network (LCN) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to provide additional updates and resources to our laboratories and affiliates.
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[CDC Updates](https://blog.cola.org/cdc-updates)

# [CMS Issues Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Tests and CLIA Certificates of Waiver](https://blog.cola.org/cdc-updates/cms-issues-guidance-for-sars-cov-2-point-of-care-tests-and-clia-certificates-of-waiver)

 Written by [Center for Disease Control](https://blog.cola.org/cdc-updates/author/center-for-disease-control) | Dec 15, 2020 9:29:40 PM

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