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A09966 Summary:

A09966 Actions:

A09966 Committee Votes:

Committee:HIGHER EDUCATION   Chair:Glick      
DATE:05/14/2018AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Glick
Aye
Smith
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Butler
Aye
Magee
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Murray
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Brindisi
Aye
Stirpe
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Pichardo
Aye
Simon
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Epstein
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:05/31/2018AYE/NAY:19/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Lentol
Aye
Curran
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Excused
Morinello
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Titus
Aye
Garbarino
Excused
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Excused
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/07/2018AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Walter
Aye
Perry
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Colton
Aye
Curran
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Excused
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Excused
Rozic
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Simotas
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/11/2018AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye

A09966 Floor Votes:

A09966 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9966--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 2, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, D'URSO, RIVERA, COOK -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to a  provisional  permit
          for  clinical  laboratory  technology;  and to repeal subdivision 2 of
          section 8610 of the education law relating to a  limited  license  for
          clinical laboratory technology
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 8608 of the education law, as  amended  by  chapter
     2  204 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  8608.  Limited  and  provisional permits. 1. Limited permit. On the
     4  recommendation of the board, the department may issue a  limited  permit
     5  to  practice  as  a clinical laboratory practitioner to an applicant who
     6  has met all requirements for licensure as a clinical laboratory technol-
     7  ogist or cytotechnologist or  certification  as  a  clinical  laboratory
     8  technician  or  histological  technician,  except  those relating to the
     9  examination and provided that the individual is under the general super-
    10  vision of the director of a clinical laboratory, as  determined  by  the
    11  department.  This limited permit shall be valid for a period of not more
    12  than one year, and may be renewed, at the discretion of the  department,
    13  for one additional year.
    14    2.  Provisional  permit.  (a)  On the recommendation of the board, the
    15  department may issue a provisional permit  to  practice  as  a  clinical
    16  laboratory  practitioner  to  an applicant who is employed in a clinical
    17  laboratory for the purpose of enabling the  applicant  to  complete  the
    18  education requirements and/or to pass the exam required for licensure as
    19  a  clinical  laboratory  technologist  or  histological  technician  and
    20  provided that the individual is under the  general  supervision  of  the
    21  director  of a clinical laboratory, as determined by the department, and
    22  provided further that the applicant meets the requirements  outlined  in
    23  paragraph  (b)  of  this subdivision.   This provisional permit shall be
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14791-03-8
        A. 9966--A                          2
 
     1  valid for a period of not more than one year, and may be renewed, at the
     2  discretion of the department, for one additional year.
     3    (b) To qualify for a provisional permit, the applicant shall:
     4    (i) file an application with the department;
     5    (ii) have at least one of the following enumerated qualifications:
     6    (A)  be  licensed as a clinical laboratory technologist, or the equiv-
     7  alent as determined  by  the  department,  in  another  jurisdiction  or
     8  possess a current certification in a clinical laboratory technology from
     9  a national certification organization acceptable to the department; or
    10    (B)  have received both an education, including a bachelor's degree in
    11  the biological, chemical, or physical sciences, and training in a  clin-
    12  ical  laboratory, provided that such education and training are accepta-
    13  ble to the department; or
    14    (C) have received a bachelor's degree in the biological, chemical,  or
    15  physical  sciences  or  in  mathematics,  and  have served as a research
    16  assistant in a research laboratory, under the direction of the  director
    17  or  the principal researcher of such research laboratory, working on the
    18  research and development  of  any  procedures  and  examinations  to  be
    19  conducted  by  a laboratory, as defined in title five of article five of
    20  the public health law, on material derived from  the  human  body  which
    21  provides  information  for  the  diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a
    22  disease or assessment of a human medical condition; or
    23    (D) for those seeking a provisional permit as a  histological  techni-
    24  cian,  have  received an education, including an associate's degree that
    25  includes a minimum number of credit hours in the sciences, provided that
    26  such education is acceptable to the department;
    27    (iii) be at least eighteen years of age;
    28    (iv) be of good moral character as determined by the department; and
    29    (v) pay a fee of three hundred forty-five dollars  for  a  provisional
    30  permit  provided that the fee for a provisional permit as a histological
    31  technician shall be two hundred forty-five dollars.
    32    (c) Each provisional permit  shall  be  subject  to  the  disciplinary
    33  provisions applicable to licensees pursuant to subarticle three of arti-
    34  cle one hundred thirty of this title.
    35    3.  The  board  of  regents and the department are authorized to adopt
    36  such rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  implement  the
    37  provisions of this section.
    38    §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 8610 of the education law is REPEALED,
    39  subdivision 3 is renumbered subdivision 2 and the  section  heading  and
    40  subdivision  4, as added by chapter 204 of the laws of 2008, are amended
    41  to read as follows:
    42    Restricted clinical laboratory [and limited] licenses.
    43    [4.] 3. Nothing in this section shall restrict a  clinical  laboratory
    44  practitioner,  as  defined  in  subdivision  two  of  section eighty-six
    45  hundred one of this article, from performing any of the examinations  or
    46  procedures  which  restricted clinical laboratory licensees [and limited
    47  licensees] are permitted to perform under this section  and  which  such
    48  clinical laboratory practitioner is otherwise authorized to perform.
    49    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.