New York Laws
Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act.
8605 - Requirements for a License as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist or Cytotechnologist.

(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.