Requires each clinical laboratory to have one or more supervisors upon the premises during business hours; provides for such supervisors' qualifications and duties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7521--A
Cal. No. 1497
IN SENATE
January 19, 2018
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Introduced by Sens. HANNON, O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to clinical laborato-
ry supervision
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 576-d to read as follows:
3 § 576-d. Clinical laboratory supervision. 1. Each clinical laboratory
4 shall have one or more supervisors who shall, under the general direc-
5 tion of the director, supervise the technical personnel and reporting of
6 findings, perform tests requiring special scientific skills, and, in the
7 absence of the director, be responsible for the proper performance of
8 all laboratory procedures.
9 2. A director who qualifies as provided in regulations promulgated
10 pursuant to section five hundred seventy-three of this title shall also
11 be deemed qualified as a supervisor.
12 3. Depending upon the size and functions of the clinical laboratory,
13 the department may authorize the director to also serve as the supervi-
14 sor of such laboratory.
15 4. The supervisor shall be on the clinical laboratory premises or
16 available by phone or synchronous two-way electronic audio visual commu-
17 nications in accordance with any applicable regulations made by the
18 department; provided, that if the supervisor is not on the laboratory
19 premises and the person performing the test qualifies as a medical tech-
20 nologist as provided in regulations promulgated pursuant to sections
21 five hundred seventy-four and five hundred seventy-six of this title,
22 and thirty-one hundred twenty-one of this chapter, the results of his or
23 her work are reviewed by the supervisor or director during his or her
24 next duty period, and a record is maintained to reflect the actual
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 review; and, provided further, that a supervisor shall not supervise
2 more than five laboratories.
3 5. An individual who qualifies as a supervisor as provided in regu-
4 lations promulgated pursuant to sections five hundred seventy-four and
5 five hundred seventy-six of this title, and thirty-one hundred twenty-
6 one of this chapter shall supervise technical personnel in the specialty
7 of cytology only.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
