| Certification Mark Statement | The certification mark, as used or intended to be used by authorized individuals or delivery systems, certifies that the person or system has met the certifier’s standards of knowledge, competency, safety, and professional conduct required to perform courier, delivery, or transport services involving healthcare facilities or healthcare-related materials, including prescription drugs, controlled substances, laboratory specimens, diagnostic samples, medical devices, implant trays, sterile supplies, biologics, blood products, human tissue, temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals, and regulated medical materials.Certification is based on demonstrated competency, required training, regulatory compliance, documentation accuracy, and adherence to healthcare operational standards, including but not limited to:• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation (CoP) – Verification of Competency requirements• Joint Commission and DNV accreditation standards for transport, chain-of-custody, and handling• Department of Transportation (DOT) transport and hazardous materials regulations• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards• HIPAA privacy and confidentiality requirements• FDA regulations and expectations for handling devices, biologics, drugs, human tissue, diagnostics, and regulated medical materials• CLIA requirements for laboratory specimen and diagnostic sample transport• State and local public health, pharmacy, and tissue bank regulations governing medical courier operationsThe certification applies to all individuals or autonomous delivery platforms providing healthcare-related courier, transport, or delivery services — including third-party logistics carriers such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS, Amazon, medical device distributors, specialty medical couriers, pharmacy couriers, human tissue couriers, laboratory specimen couriers, contracted healthcare couriers, and hospital-employed transport technicians — when delivering to, from, or operating within any healthcare facility or clinical environment.The certification includes three internal competency tiers (Level 1, Level 2, Level 3), which represent increasing mastery of required skills; however, these tiers do not constitute separate certification marks. |
