New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter I - State Sanitary Code
Part 19 - Clinical Laboratory Directors
Section 19.2 - Clinical laboratory or blood bank; qualifications of laboratory director
Universal Citation: 10 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 19.2
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
A director and any assistant director of a clinical laboratory or blood bank shall possess training and/or experience acceptable to the department, obtained within the previous six years, in one or more categories. Additionally, the applicant must meet one of the following requirements:
(a) be a physician who is currently certified by:
(1) the American
Board of Pathology in:
(i) clinical pathology;
or
(ii) anatomic pathology;
or
(iii) dermatopathology;
or
(2) the American
Osteopathic Board of Pathology in:
(i)
laboratory medicine; or
(ii)
anatomic pathology; or
(iii)
dermatopathology; or
(b) be a physician in the State of New York who:
(1) is currently certified by the
American Board of Pathology in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine;
or
(2) is currently certified by
the American Board of Pathology in Clinical Pathology or the American Board of
Internal Medicine in Hematology, and possesses six months of training and/or
experience in transfusion services; or
(3) possesses four years of training and/or
experience in an acceptable laboratory including two or more years of training
and/or experience in transfusion services and in general laboratory
management.
(c) be a dentist who is currently certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology; or
(d) be a physician, or hold an earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution with a relevant chemical, physical or biological science major, and:
(1) is currently certified by one of the
following boards and meets any supplemental requirements for experience as
specified by the department:
(i) the American
Board of Bioanalysis as a High Complexity Laboratory Director, provided the
applicant has obtained a minimum of four years of post-doctoral experience
equivalent to paragraph (2) of this subdivision; or
(ii) the American Board of Clinical Chemistry
in clinical chemistry; or
(iii) the
American Board of Clinical Chemistry in toxicological chemistry; or
(iv) the American Board of Dermatology;
or
(v) the American Board of
Forensic Toxicology, provided the applicant has an earned doctoral degree;
or
(vi) the American Board of
Internal Medicine in hematology or hematology and medical oncology;
or
(vii) the American Board of
Medical Laboratory Immunology; or
(viii) the American Board of Medical
Microbiology; or
(ix) dual
certification by the American Board of Pathology in either Anatomic Pathology
or Clinical Pathology, and Molecular Genetic Pathology; or
(x) the American Board of Pathology in
Medical Microbiology; or
(xi) the
National Registry for Certified Chemists, provided the applicant has obtained a
minimum of four years of post-doctoral experience equivalent to paragraph (2)
of this subdivision; or
(2) subsequent to receiving a doctor of
medicine, doctor of osteopathic medicine or earned doctoral degree has had, and
has documented to the department, four years of training and/or experience in
an acceptable laboratory, including two or more years of training and/or
experience in methods and techniques currently in use in the certificate
category or categories sought and in general laboratory management, or an
equivalent combination of training and/or experience as verified by the
department.
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