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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 25 September 2026.</strong> From DHA's computer-based test guideline, updated September 2026 — DHA says it may change the pass score without updating the guideline — and the UAE Unified PQR (April 2025).</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) licenses laboratory professionals through a computer-based test delivered by Prometric. Each laboratory title has its own exam code, and the pass mark depends on the title. The rules behind the titles — which qualification leads where, how much experience is needed, how many attempts you get — come from the <strong>Unified PQR</strong> that DHA shares with Abu Dhabi (DOH) and the Northern Emirates (MOHAP).</p>

<div style="background:#fff8e8;color:#3a3020;border:1px solid #f0d9a8;border-left:4px solid #b7791f;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#b7791f">Where other pages get this wrong</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29;line-height:1.5">The DHA MLT Technician exam (LAB5601) passes at 50%, not 45%.</p><p style="margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#8a5300">Commonly published instead:</strong> "LAB5601 — pass mark 45%", repeated on agency pages and forums.</p><p style="margin:0;line-height:1.6">DHA's own computer-based test guideline (updated September 2026) lists LAB5601 MLT Technician and LAB5631 MLT Technologist at 50%, hematology and microbiology technologists at 55%, and the clinical-scientist exams at 65%. We found no official source for 45%. DHA also notes it may change a pass score without updating the guideline — so treat any single number as the one in force on the date you check.</p></div>

Medical Laboratory Technician

Medical Laboratory Technologist

Biochemistry Technologist

Hematology Technologist

Microbiology Technologist

Biochemistry Clinical Scientist

Hematology Clinical Scientist

Microbiology Clinical Scientist

All eight are 150 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours, delivered by Prometric, with a fee of USD 240 per title (DHA guideline). Results are shown as pass or fail only — DHA does not share scores.

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">DHA lab exam pass marks</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Clinical Scientist (biochemistry, hematology, microbiology)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">65%</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:100.0%;height:12px;background:#2f6fb0;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Hematology / Microbiology Technologist</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">55%</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:84.6%;height:12px;background:#2f6fb0;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">MLT Technician, MLT Technologist, Biochemistry Technologist</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">50%</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:76.9%;height:12px;background:#2f6fb0;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">DHA CBT guideline, updated September 2026.</p></figure>

Specialty Technologist (biochemistry, hematology, microbiology)

Clinical Scientist

"No experience required" is subject to the PQR's rule on gaps from practice: a gap of more than 3 years adds continuing education and supervised training, and non-UAE nationals with a gap of more than 5 years cannot apply. Qualifications the PQR does not list — for example an M.Sc. in microbiology without an MLT bachelor's — go to its evaluation committee.

The key practical point is step 5: DHA lets you pass the exam before you have a job, but a licence is activated only by a licensed facility that employs you, and what you receive after the exam carries a validity period. Read that date on your own document and time the exam so that a job search can follow within it.

"No experience required" for technicians and technologists therefore applies to recent graduates and practising staff — not to someone who qualified years ago and has not worked in a laboratory since.

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">The rules</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Attempts:</strong> three across the UAE authorities combined, plus a conditional fourth (Unified PQR 1.5.4–1.5.5). After three failures, a new qualification or two more years of experience allows three new attempts (1.5.8).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Fee:</strong> USD 240 per exam title (DHA guideline).</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Transfers:</strong> under PQR §3, a valid licence from one UAE authority exempts you from the others' exams, if you have not exceeded the permitted attempts and have a valid good-standing certificate and full verification.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Abu Dhabi (DOH):</strong> exams are delivered by Pearson VUE and booked through TAMM; DOH does not publish question counts or pass marks.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Northern Emirates (MOHAP):</strong> Prometric; a cancellation or no-show is reported to count as an attempt. A 60% pass mark and USD 130 fee are reported but could not be verified on MOHAP's site.</li></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0" id="dhalabcost"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Your DHA exam cost</h3><p style="margin:0 0 12px;line-height:1.6">DHA's exam fee is filled in. Add your verification (DataFlow) cost and any retake, then today's exchange rate.</p><div style="overflow-x:auto"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%"><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px;font-size:14px;color:#303846">DHA exam fee, one title</td><td style="padding:6px 4px;white-space:nowrap"><strong data-i="0" data-v="240">240</strong> USD</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px;font-size:14px;color:#303846">Primary-source verification (as quoted to you)</td><td style="padding:6px 4px;white-space:nowrap"><input data-i="1" type="number" min="0" value="" placeholder="enter" style="width:110px;padding:6px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px"> USD</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:6px 4px;font-size:14px;color:#303846">Retake fee, if needed</td><td style="padding:6px 4px;white-space:nowrap"><input data-i="2" type="number" min="0" value="" placeholder="enter" style="width:110px;padding:6px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px"> USD</td></tr></table></div><div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:12px 0"><label style="font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472">₹ per USD today<br><input data-rate="USD" type="number" step="0.01" min="0" placeholder="e.g. from your bank" style="width:110px;padding:6px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px"></label></div><div id="dhalabcost-out" style="line-height:1.7"></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Primary-source verification is a separate cost from the exam fee; ask the verification agency whether a report already done for another UAE authority can be reused.</p><script>(function(){var R=document.getElementById('dhalabcost');if(!R)return;var C=["USD","USD","USD"],U=["USD"];function go(){var tot={};U.forEach(function(c){tot[c]=0;});for(var i=0;i<C.length;i++){var e=R.querySelector('[data-i="'+i+'"]');var v=e.tagName==='INPUT'?parseFloat(e.value)||0:parseFloat(e.getAttribute('data-v'))||0;tot[C[i]]+=v;}var parts=U.filter(function(c){return tot[c]>0;}).map(function(c){return tot[c].toLocaleString('en-IN')+' '+c;});var t='<strong>Total: '+(parts.length?parts.join(' + '):'0')+'</strong>';var inr=0,ok=true;U.forEach(function(c){if(!tot[c])return;var r=parseFloat(R.querySelector('[data-rate="'+c+'"]').value);if(r>0)inr+=tot[c]*r;else ok=false;});t+=ok&&parts.length?'<br>≈ <strong>₹'+Math.round(inr).toLocaleString('en-IN')+'</strong> at the rates you entered':'<br>Enter the current rates to see the rupee total.';document.getElementById('dhalabcost-out').innerHTML=t;}var ins=R.querySelectorAll('input');for(var k=0;k<ins.length;k++)ins[k].addEventListener('input',go);go();})();</script></div>

The technologist list is organised by discipline rather than by organism: bacteriology, virology, parasitology and mycology fold into microbiology, hormones into clinical chemistry, and it adds laboratory operations, patient safety and professionalism, and histology and cytology techniques. Its references are discipline textbooks rather than the general manuals on the technician list. If you hold a B.Sc. MLT and are sitting LAB5631, study from the discipline texts.

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Check three things on the day you book</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>The exam code on your eligibility.</strong> It follows the title DHA assigned from your documents under the PQR (a B.Sc. MLT/MLS matches Medical Laboratory Technologist, LAB5631), so prepare for the code on your eligibility, not the one an agency mentioned.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>The pass mark in the current guideline.</strong> DHA says it may change pass scores without updating the document; the figures here are from the September 2026 version.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Your attempts across the UAE.</strong> The cap of three (plus a conditional fourth) is shared by DHA, DOH and MOHAP, so an earlier failed attempt in Abu Dhabi or the Northern Emirates counts here too.</li></ul></div>

DHA publishes a topic list for each code but no percentage weights. For the MLT Technician and Technologist exams the topics span the same disciplines as the Saudi and Qatari blueprints — clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology, blood bank, immunology and serology, and histology — and the reading list overlaps heavily with SCFHS's: Cheesbrough, Gunatillaka, Stevens, Henry's, Harmening and Fischbach appear on both.

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0" id="dhalabtrack"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">DHA lab licensing checklist</h3><p style="margin:0 0 12px;line-height:1.6">Tick each step. Saved in this browser.</p><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden;margin:0 0 6px"><div id="dhalabtrack-bar" style="width:0%;height:12px;background:#1f7a45"></div></div><p id="dhalabtrack-txt" style="margin:0 0 14px;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">0 of 8 done</p><div style="margin:0 0 12px" data-g="0"><div style="font-weight:700;color:#171d29;margin:0 0 6px">Before booking <span data-gc="0" style="font-weight:600;color:#5b6472;font-size:13px">(0/3)</span></div><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="0" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Title confirmed against the Unified PQR</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="1" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Verification started</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="2" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Sheryan account and application</span></label></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px" data-g="1"><div style="font-weight:700;color:#171d29;margin:0 0 6px">Exam <span data-gc="1" style="font-weight:600;color:#5b6472;font-size:13px">(0/3)</span></div><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="3" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Eligibility received</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="4" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Exam booked with Prometric</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="5" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Exam passed</span></label></div><div style="margin:0 0 12px" data-g="2"><div style="font-weight:700;color:#171d29;margin:0 0 6px">After <span data-gc="2" style="font-weight:600;color:#5b6472;font-size:13px">(0/2)</span></div><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="6" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Registration certificate issued</span></label><label style="display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 6px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#303846;cursor:pointer"><input type="checkbox" data-i="7" style="margin-top:4px;width:16px;height:16px;flex:0 0 auto"> <span>Licence activated by a licensed facility</span></label></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Ticks are saved only in this browser on this device.</p><script>(function(){var R=document.getElementById('dhalabtrack');if(!R)return;var K='ps_dha_lab',N=8,bx=R.querySelectorAll('input[type=checkbox]'),s={};try{s=JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(K)||'{}')}catch(e){}function up(){var d=0;for(var i=0;i<bx.length;i++){if(bx[i].checked)d++;}document.getElementById('dhalabtrack-bar').style.width=(d/N*100)+'%';document.getElementById('dhalabtrack-txt').textContent=d+' of '+N+' done';var gs=R.querySelectorAll('[data-g]');for(var j=0;j<gs.length;j++){var c=gs[j].querySelectorAll('input'),k=0;for(var q=0;q<c.length;q++){if(c[q].checked)k++;}var sp=R.querySelector('[data-gc="'+gs[j].getAttribute('data-g')+'"]');if(sp)sp.textContent='('+k+'/'+c.length+')';}}for(var i=0;i<bx.length;i++){(function(b){if(s[b.getAttribute('data-i')])b.checked=true;b.addEventListener('change',function(){s[b.getAttribute('data-i')]=b.checked?1:0;try{localStorage.setItem(K,JSON.stringify(s))}catch(e){}up();});})(bx[i]);}up();})();</script></div>

<div style="background:#ecf7ef;color:#1f3a2a;border:1px solid #b9dec6;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:22px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1f7a45">Practise it, don't just read it</p><p style="margin:0 0 12px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:#171d29">The core disciplines are identical across DHA, SCFHS and Qatar — the library quizzes cover all of them.</p><p style="margin:0 0 12px;line-height:1.6">The ProSyllabus lab-technician library has eight topic quizzes that line up with the Gulf blueprints: <strong>Clinical Chemistry</strong>, <strong>Hematology</strong>, <strong>Clinical Microbiology</strong>, <strong>Blood Banking and Immunohematology</strong>, <strong>Immunology and Serology</strong>, <strong>Clinical Parasitology and Urinalysis</strong>, <strong>Histopathology and Cytology</strong>, and <strong>Laboratory Safety, Quality Control and Ethics</strong>. Each explains every option.</p><p style="margin:0"><a href="/exam/prometric-lab-technician/practice-quiz" style="display:inline-block;background:#ffffff;color:#1f7a45;border:2px solid #1f7a45;padding:9px 18px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700">Start a lab technician quiz →</a></p></div>

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<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan/wps/contenthandler/war/SheryanHomeThemeStatic/themes/Portal8.5/docs/Final_Online_Exam_Guideline_CBT.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">DHA computer-based test guideline (updated Sep 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://services.dha.gov.ae/sheryan/wps/contenthandler/war/SheryanHomeThemeStatic/themes/Portal8.5/docs/PQR_April_2025.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">UAE Unified PQR, April 2025</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/doh.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Pearson VUE — DOH Abu Dhabi</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.prometric.com/exams/emoh/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Prometric — UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong style="color:#8a5300">reported</strong> = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.</p></div>

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