2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8605 - Requirements for a License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist or Cytotechnologist.

§   8605.   Requirements  for  a  license  as  a  clinical  laboratory
technologist or cytotechnologist. To qualify for a license as a clinical
laboratory technology practitioner under one of the  titles  defined  in
subdivision  two  of  section eighty-six hundred one of this article, an
applicant shall fulfill the particular requirements of a subdivision  of
this  section  applicable  to  the  license  and  title  sought  by  the
applicant:
1. Licensure as a clinical laboratory technologist.
(a) Application: file an application with the department;
(b) Education: have received  an  education,  including  a  bachelor's
degree  in  clinical  laboratory technology from a program registered by
the department or determined by the department  to  be  the  substantial
equivalent  or  a clinical laboratory technology program accredited by a
national accrediting organization acceptable to the department, or  have
received  a  bachelor's  degree that includes a minimum number of credit
hours in the sciences and received appropriate clinical education in  an
accredited  clinical  laboratory  technology  program or a program to be
determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent;
(b-1) Alternatives to education:
(i) In lieu  of  requirements  specified  in  paragraph  (b)  of  this
subdivision the department may accept:
(1) current clinical laboratory technology certification by a national
certification organization acceptable to the department; or
(2)   clinical  laboratory  technology  licensure  in  a  jurisdiction
acceptable to the department;
(ii) In lieu of  requirements  specified  in  paragraph  (b)  of  this
subdivision  the department may accept, a bachelor's degree in a natural
science or a clinical laboratory science and  coursework  acceptable  to
the department and:
(1) two years' experience in a clinical laboratory while licensed as a
clinical  laboratory  technician  in  New  York  or another jurisdiction
acceptable to the department; or
(2) two years' experience in a clinical laboratory while certified  as
a   clinical   laboratory   technician   by   a  national  certification
organization acceptable to the department.
(c) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(d) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
(e)  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
department; and
(f) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
license and a fee of one hundred  seventy  dollars  for  each  triennial
registration period.
2. Licensure as a cytotechnologist.
(a) Application: file an application with the department;
(b)  Education:  have  received  an  education, including a bachelor's
degree in cytotechnology from a program registered by the department  or
determined  by  the department to be the substantial equivalent, or have
received a bachelor's degree that includes a minimum  number  of  credit
hours  in the sciences and received appropriate clinical education in an
accredited  cytotechnology  program  or  a  program  determined  by  the
department to be the substantial equivalent;
(b-1)  Alternatives to education: in lieu of requirements specified in
paragraph (b) of this subdivision the department may accept:
(i) current cytotechnology certification by a  national  certification
organization acceptable to the department; or
(ii)  cytotechnology  licensure  in  a  jurisdiction acceptable to the
department.
(c) Examination: pass an examination acceptable to the  board  and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(d) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
(e)  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
department; and
(f) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
license and a fee of one hundred  seventy  dollars  for  each  triennial
registration period.