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To qualify for a license as a clinical laboratory technology practitioner under one of the titles defined in subdivision two of section eighty-six hundred one of this article, an applicant shall fulfill the particular requirements of a subdivision of this section applicable to the license and title sought by the applicant:\n1. Licensure as a clinical laboratory technologist.\n(a) Application: file an application with the department;\n(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;\n(b-1) Alternatives to education:\n(i) In

clinical education in an accredited clinical laboratory technology program or a program to be determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent;\n(b-1) Alternatives to education:\n(i) In lieu of requirements specified in paragraph (b) of this subdivision the department may accept:\n(1) current clinical laboratory technology certification by a national certification organization acceptable to the department; or\n(2) clinical laboratory technology licensure in a jurisdiction acceptable to the department;\n(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:\n(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\n(2) two years' experience in a clinical laboratory while certified as a clinical laboratory technician by a national certification organization acceptable to the department.\n(c) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the

d as a clinical laboratory technician by a national certification organization acceptable to the department.\n(c) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n(d) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;\n(e) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and\n(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.\n2. Licensure as a cytotechnologist.\n(a) Application: file an application with the department;\n(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;\n(b-1) Alternatives to education: in lieu of requirements specified in paragraph (b) of this subdivision the department may

or a program determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent;\n(b-1) Alternatives to education: in lieu of requirements specified in paragraph (b) of this subdivision the department may accept:\n(i) current cytotechnology certification by a national certification organization acceptable to the department; or\n(ii) cytotechnology licensure in a jurisdiction acceptable to the department.\n(c) Examination: pass an examination acceptable to the board and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n(d) Age: be at least eighteen years of age;\n(e) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and\n(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.