diff --git a/app/Commands/RefreshLabTemplates.php b/app/Commands/RefreshLabTemplates.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4072a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Commands/RefreshLabTemplates.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Commands;
+
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\BaseCommand;
+use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
+
+class RefreshLabTemplates extends BaseCommand
+{
+    protected $group       = 'OEM';
+    protected $name        = 'oem:refresh-lab-templates';
+    protected $description = 'Rebuild pathology/radiology template tables from LabTemplateSeeder (without truncating hc_items).';
+    protected $usage       = 'oem:refresh-lab-templates';
+
+    public function run(array $params): void
+    {
+        $db = \Config\Database::connect();
+
+        CLI::write('Refreshing lab template tables...', 'yellow');
+        CLI::write('This will truncate: lab_repotests, lab_tests_option, lab_tests, lab_repo, lab_rgroups, radiology_ultrasound_template', 'yellow');
+        CLI::write('hc_items will NOT be truncated.', 'yellow');
+
+        try {
+            $db->query('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0');
+
+            // Order matters for dependent rows
+            $db->query('TRUNCATE TABLE lab_repotests');
+            $db->query('TRUNCATE TABLE lab_tests_option');
+            $db->query('TRUNCATE TABLE lab_tests');
+            $db->query('TRUNCATE TABLE lab_repo');
+            $db->query('TRUNCATE TABLE lab_rgroups');
+            $db->query('TRUNCATE TABLE radiology_ultrasound_template');
+
+            $db->query('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1');
+
+            CLI::write('Template tables truncated. Running LabTemplateSeeder...', 'green');
+
+            $seeder = \Config\Database::seeder();
+            $seeder->call('App\\Database\\Seeds\\LabTemplateSeeder');
+
+            $cbc = $db->query("SELECT mstRepoKey, Title FROM lab_repo WHERE Title LIKE '%CBC%' LIMIT 1")->getRow();
+
+            if ($cbc) {
+                CLI::write('CBC template restored: #' . (string) $cbc->mstRepoKey . ' - ' . (string) $cbc->Title, 'green');
+            } else {
+                CLI::error('CBC template still not found after refresh. Check DB connection and seed files.');
+            }
+
+            CLI::write('Done.', 'green');
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            try {
+                $db->query('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1');
+            } catch (\Throwable $ignored) {
+            }
+            CLI::error('Refresh failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Database/Seeds/LabTemplateSeeder.php b/app/Database/Seeds/LabTemplateSeeder.php
index c6ec4f4..010d0c5 100644
--- a/app/Database/Seeds/LabTemplateSeeder.php
+++ b/app/Database/Seeds/LabTemplateSeeder.php
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ class LabTemplateSeeder extends Seeder
     {
         $sqlDir = __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'LabOemData' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 
+        $this->db->query('SET @OLD_SQL_MODE = @@SESSION.sql_mode');
         $this->db->query('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0');
-        $this->db->query('SET SQL_MODE = ""');          // silence STRICT for legacy MyISAM data
+        $this->db->query('SET SESSION SQL_MODE = "NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO"');
 
         foreach (self::SQL_FILES as $file) {
             $path = $sqlDir . $file;
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ class LabTemplateSeeder extends Seeder
         }
 
         $this->db->query('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1');
-        $this->db->query('SET SQL_MODE = DEFAULT');
+        $this->db->query('SET SESSION SQL_MODE = @OLD_SQL_MODE');
 
         CLI::write('Lab template seeder complete.', 'green');
     }