Description should include

• the types of tests and checks (e.g., certification tests, drug tests, background checks, laboratory competency tests, immunization requirements)
• purposes of tests and checks (e.g., validation of professional competence, detection of substance abuse, scrutiny of background for barrier crimes and other undesirable behavior)
• the concept of barrier crimes and the reasons barrier-crime checks are required by law in the healthcare field.

Process/Skill Questions:

• How is drug testing used to screen potential and current employees? Why are drug tests administered to potential medical laboratory personnel?
• How are healthcare patients protected by pre-employment tests for professional competency? By pre-employment background checks for barrier crimes?