NY Educ L § 8608 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 8 - The Professions Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. 8608 - Limited and Provisional Permits.

§  8608.  Limited  and  provisional permits. 1. Limited permit. On the recommendation of the board, the department may issue a  limited  permit to  practice  as  a clinical laboratory practitioner to an applicant who has  met  all  requirements  for  licensure  as  a  clinical  laboratory technologist   or   cytotechnologist  or  certification  as  a  clinical laboratory technician or histological technician, except those  relating to the examination and provided that the individual is under the general supervision  of  the director of a clinical laboratory, as determined by the department. This limited permit shall be valid for a period  of  not more  than  one  year,  and  may  be  renewed,  at the discretion of the department, for one additional year.   2. Provisional permit. (a) On the recommendation  of  the  board,  the department  may  issue  a  provisional  permit to practice as a clinical laboratory practitioner to an applicant who is employed  in  a  clinical laboratory  for  the  purpose  of enabling the applicant to complete the education requirements and/or to pass the exam required for licensure as a  clinical  laboratory  technologist  or  histological  technician  and provided  that  the  individual  is under the general supervision of the director of a clinical laboratory, as determined by the department,  and provided  further  that the applicant meets the requirements outlined in paragraph (b) of this subdivision.  This  provisional  permit  shall  be valid for a period of not more than one year, and may be renewed, at the discretion of the department, for one additional year.  (b) To qualify for a provisional permit, the applicant shall:  (i) file an application with the department;  (ii) have at least one of the following enumerated qualifications:  (A)  be  licensed  as  a  clinical  laboratory  technologist,  or  the equivalent as determined by the department, in another  jurisdiction  or possess a current certification in a clinical laboratory technology from a national certification organization acceptable to the department; or  (B)  have received both an education, including a bachelor's degree in the biological, chemical,  or  physical  sciences,  and  training  in  a clinical  laboratory,  provided  that  such  education  and training are acceptable to the department; or  (C) have received a bachelor's degree in the biological, chemical,  or physical  sciences  or  in  mathematics,  and  have served as a research assistant in a research laboratory, under the direction of the  director or  the principal researcher of such research laboratory, working on the research and development  of  any  procedures  and  examinations  to  be conducted  by  a laboratory, as defined in title five of article five of the public health law, on material derived from  the  human  body  which provides  information  for  the  diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a disease or assessment of a human medical condition; or  (D)  for  those  seeking  a  provisional  permit  as  a   histological technician,  have received an education, including an associate's degree that includes a minimum number of credit hours in the sciences, provided that such education is acceptable to the department;  (iii) be at least eighteen years of age;  (iv) be of good moral character as determined by the department; and  (v) pay a fee of three hundred forty-five dollars  for  a  provisional permit  provided that the fee for a provisional permit as a histological technician shall be two hundred forty-five dollars.  (c) Each provisional permit  shall  be  subject  to  the  disciplinary provisions  applicable  to  licensees  pursuant  to  subarticle three of article one hundred thirty of this title.   3. The board of regents and the department  are  authorized  to  adopt such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  implement the provisions of this section.