NY Educ L § 8601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 8 - The Professions Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. 8601 - Definition of the Practice of Clinical Laboratory Technology and Clinical Laboratory Technology Practitioner.

§  8601.  Definition of the practice of clinical laboratory technology and clinical laboratory technology practitioner. 1. "Clinical laboratory technology"  means  the  performance  of  microbiological,  virological, serological,  chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytogenetical, cytological or histological procedures  and  examinations and  any other test or procedure conducted by a laboratory as defined by 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.   2. A "clinical  laboratory  practitioner"  means  clinical  laboratory technologists,  cytotechnologists,  clinical laboratory technicians, and histological technicians as such terms are defined in this  subdivision, who  practice  clinical  laboratory  technology  in  a licensed clinical laboratory. For the  purposes  of  this  article,  a  licensed  clinical laboratory  does  not  include  a  laboratory  operated  by any licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, midwife or certified nurse  practitioner who  performs  laboratory tests or procedures, personally or through his or her employees, solely as an adjunct to the treatment of  his  or  her own patients.  (a)  "Clinical  laboratory  technologist"  means a clinical laboratory practitioner who, pursuant to established and approved protocols of  the department  of  health,  performs  clinical  laboratory  procedures  and examinations and any other tests or procedures conducted by  a  clinical laboratory,  including maintaining equipment and records, and performing quality assurance activities related  to  examination  performance,  and which  require  the exercise of independent judgment and responsibility, as determined by the department.  (b) "Cytotechnologist" means a clinical laboratory  practitioner  who, pursuant  to  established  and  approved  protocols of the department of health, performs cytological procedures and examinations and  any  other such  tests  including  maintaining equipment and records and performing quality assurance activities related  to  examination  performance,  and which  require  the exercise of independent judgment and responsibility, as determined by the department.  (c) "Clinical  laboratory  technician"  means  a  clinical  laboratory practitioner   who   performs   clinical   laboratory   procedures   and examinations pursuant to  established  and  approved  protocols  of  the department  of  health,  which  require  limited exercise of independent judgment and which are performed under the  supervision  of  a  clinical laboratory   technologist,  laboratory  supervisor,  or  director  of  a clinical laboratory.  (d) "Histological technician" means a clinical laboratory practitioner who pursuant to established and approved protocols of the department  of health  performs  slide based histological assays, tests, and procedures and any other such tests conducted by a clinical  histology  laboratory, including  maintaining  equipment  and  records  and  performing quality assurance activities relating to procedure performance  on  histological testing  of  human  tissues  and  which  requires  limited  exercise  of independent judgment  and  is  performed  under  the  supervision  of  a laboratory   supervisor,  designated  by  the  director  of  a  clinical laboratory or under the supervision of  the  director  of  the  clinical laboratory.  (e)  "Director of a clinical laboratory" means a director as that term is defined in section five hundred seventy-one of the public health law.  (f) "Laboratory supervisor" means an individual who, under the general direction of the laboratory director, supervises technical personnel and reporting of  findings,  performs  tests  requiring  special  scientific  skills,  and,  in  the  absence  of the director, is responsible for the proper performance of all laboratory procedures.