New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions
Part 79 - Regulation of Individual Professions
Subpart 79-20 - Licensed Pathologists' Assistants
Section 79-20.5 - Special provisions

An individual who meets the requirements for a license as a licensed pathologists' assistant except for examination and education and who has been performing the duties of a pathologists' assistant for two of the past five years prior to November 28, 2017 may be licensed without meeting additional requirements, provided that such individual submits an application to the department on or before November 27, 2019. As part of the application, the applicant's supervising physician or physicians, who practice anatomic pathology, must attest to the applicant's experience and competence.