Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.

Title: Section 58-1.4 - Qualifications of laboratory supervisor

Effective Date

05/24/2023

58-1.4 Qualifications of laboratory supervisor. The laboratory supervisor must meet one of the following requirements:

(a) The supervisor is a physician licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of New York or in the state or jurisdiction in which the supervisor practices or an individual who has earned a doctoral degree from an accredited institution with a chemical, physical or biological science as the supervisor's major subject (accredited, as used herein, refers to accreditation by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, as determined by the United States Commissioner of Education), and either holds a certificate of qualification or qualifies as a clinical laboratory technologist as described in section 58-1.5 of this Subpart. The supervisor shall, subsequent to graduation, have had at least one year of pertinent experience in an acceptable laboratory.

(i) As used in this section, “acceptable laboratory” means a clinical laboratory or blood bank as defined in Section 571 of the Public Health Law, with a laboratory director who meets or would meet the requirements of Part 19 of this Title and where such facility meets or would meet the Department’s standards as outlined in this Subpart.  This may include, but is not limited to: the anatomic and clinical pathology facilities of a hospital or health department; a testing unit of a university or medical research institution; an independent clinical laboratory or blood bank; a privately operated forensic testing laboratory; or a facility providing training and/or experience in the testing of human specimens.

(b) The supervisor holds a degree of master of arts or master of science from an accredited institution with a major in one of the chemical, physical or biological sciences, qualifies as a clinical laboratory technologist as described in section 58-1.5 of this Subpart, ​and, subsequent to graduation, has had at least two years of pertinent experience in an acceptable laboratory.

(c) The supervisor is qualified as a clinical laboratory technologist pursuant to the provisions of section 58-1.5(b) of this Subpart and has had at least four years of pertinent experience in an acceptable laboratory subsequent to qualifying.

(d) The supervisor is qualified as a cytotechnologist pursuant to the provisions of section 58-1.5(c) of this Subpart and subsequent to qualifying, has had at least four years of pertinent experience in cytotechnology in an acceptable laboratory having a doctoral level director qualified in cytopathology. 

(e) The supervisor of a respiratory therapy technician shall be a licensed physician with one year of relevant experience or a respiratory therapist possessing a license issued by the New York State Education Department to practice as a respiratory therapist, if such license is required under Article 164 of the State Education Law, with four years of relevant experience.  

Statutory Authority

Public Health Law, Section 576

Volume

VOLUME A-1 (Title 10)

up