MLSCN Protocol for Inspection of Medical Laboratories in Nigeria. Medical Laboratory services are essential to patient care and therefore have to be available to meet the needs of all patients as well as the Physicians responsible for treatment and management of patients. Therefore, the results emanating from the Laboratory should be reliable, accurate, reproducible, timely and cost effective. In order to achieve the above, the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (hereinafter referred to as 'Council') is empowered to inspect, monitor, evaluate and accredit all Medical Laboratories in Public and Private Health facilities in Nigeria, as enunciated in the MLSCN Act, CAP M25, LFN 2004 and the subsidiary legislations as published in the Federal Government of Nigeria Official Gazette No. 29, Vol. 102, Lagos dated 23rd March, 2015.