N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 §§ 79-13.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 79-13.6 - Provisional permit

(a) In accordance with section 8608 (2) of the Education Law, the department may issue a provisional permit pursuant to which the provisional permit holder may perform examinations and procedures within the definition of clinical laboratory technology set forth in section 8601 (1) of the Education Law under the general supervision of the director of the clinical laboratory, as determined by the department, subject to the requirements set forth in section 8608 (2)(a) of the Education Law and this section. In addition to the requirements for a provisional permit established in Education Law section 8608(2)(a), to qualify for a provisional permit as a clinical laboratory technologist, an applicant shall satisfy one of the following requirements:

(1) an applicant shall be licensed as a clinical laboratory technologist, or the equivalent as determined by the department, in another jurisdiction; or

(2) an applicant shall have received a bachelor's or higher degree in biological, chemical, or physical sciences, and training in a clinical laboratory, provided such education and training are acceptable to the department. Such training shall include, but need not be limited to, training as a specialist; clinical experience in the practice of clinical laboratory technology, which provides supervised clinical experience that includes hematology, hemostasis, immunohematology, immunology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis/body fluids, and clinical microbiology or the substantial equivalent of such training or clinical experience, as determined by the department; or

(3) an applicant shall have received a bachelor's or higher 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 V of article 5 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.

(b) The applicant for a provisional permit to practice as a clinical laboratory technologist shall:

(1) file an application for a clinical laboratory technologist license and a provisional permit with the department and pay the initial licensure and registration fee as prescribed in section 8605 (1) of the Education Law and the provisional permit fee as prescribed by section 8608 (2)(b)(v) of the Education Law;

(2) be at least 18 years of age;

(3) be of good moral character as determined by the department; and

(4) meet requirements set forth in subdivision (a) of this section.

(c) The provisional permit issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for a period of not more than twenty-four months and shall not be renewable.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 §§ 79-13.6

Amended New York State Register May 3, 2023/Volume XLV, Issue 18, eff. 5/3/2023