2023 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, histotechnologist, or certification as
a  clinical  laboratory  technician  or  histotechnician,  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 two years and shall not be renewable.
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 histotechnician 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 two years and shall not be renewable.
(b) To qualify for a provisional permit, the applicant shall:
(i) file a provisional permit 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 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 histotechnician, 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;
(v) pay a fee of fifty dollars for a provisional permit;
(vi) file a licensure application with the department; and
(vii) pay the licensure fee as outlined in section eighty-six  hundred
six of this article.
(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.