Assembly Bill A7724

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to restricted clinical laboratory licenses

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Current Bill Status Via S7527 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A7724 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7527
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8610, Ed L

2023-A7724 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Updates the scope of restricted clinical laboratory licenses to include the practice of molecular testing.

2023-A7724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7724
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  restricted  clinical
   laboratory licenses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 8610  of
 the  education  law,  as amended by chapter 227 of the laws of 2019, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) The department may issue a restricted license  pursuant  to  which
 the  restricted  licensee  may  receive a certificate to perform certain
 examinations and procedures within the definition of clinical laboratory
 technology set forth in subdivision one of  section  eighty-six  hundred
 one  of  this  article,  provided  that  such  a restricted licensee may
 perform examinations and procedures only in those of the following areas
 which are specifically listed in his or her certificate:   histocompati-
 bility,  cytogenetics,  stem cell process, flow cytometry/cellular immu-
 nology [and molecular diagnosis to the extent such  molecular  diagnosis
 is included in genetic testing-molecular and molecular oncology], MOLEC-
 ULAR  TESTING,  and  toxicology  (under paragraph (b-1) of this subdivi-
 sion).
   (b) Notwithstanding paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision,  restricted
 licensees  employed  at  National  Cancer  Institute  designated  cancer
 centers or at teaching hospitals that  are  eligible  for  distributions
 pursuant  to  paragraph (c) of subdivision three of section twenty-eight
 hundred seven-m of the public health law may receive a certificate  that
 also  includes  the  practice of molecular [diagnosis] TESTING including
 but not limited to genetic testing-molecular and molecular oncology, and
 restricted licensees employed at national  cancer  institute  designated
 cancer  centers  may receive a certificate that includes the use of mass
 spectrometry or any tests and procedures acceptable to the  commissioner
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11731-01-3

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