Senate Bill S8966

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks and work standards for cytotechnologists

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Current Bill Status Via A9235 - Passed Senate


  • 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-S8966 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§572, 573, 575 & 576-a, Pub Health L

2023-S8966 - Summary

Amends various provisions governing certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks; provides for the department of health to prescribe minimum qualifications; provides that certificates shall cover all laboratory work; increases fees

2023-S8966 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8966 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8966
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  certificates  of
   qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 572 of the public health law, as amended by chapter
 436 of the laws of 1993,  is amended to read as follows:
   § 572. Certificates of qualification.  No person shall act as a direc-
 tor in a clinical laboratory located in or accepting specimens from  New
 York  state  or  in  a  blood bank located in or collecting, processing,
 storing or distributing blood products in New York state unless a  valid
 certificate of qualification has been issued as provided in section five
 hundred  seventy-three  of  this title.   [A certificate shall be issued
 authorizing the holder to perform or direct one or  more  procedures  or
 one or more categories of such procedures.]
   §  2.  Section 573 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 436
 of the laws of 1993,  is amended to read as follows:
   § 573. Issuance of  certificates  of  qualification.  1.  [The  public
 health  council  shall prescribe minimum qualifications for directors in
 areas of testing, including, but not limited to, microbiology, immunolo-
 gy, chemistry, hematology, biophysics, cytology, pathology, genetics and
 blood banking.
   2.] The department shall issue a certificate of qualification  to  any
 person who meets [such] PRESCRIBED minimum qualifications and who other-
 wise demonstrates to the department that such person possesses the char-
 acter, competence, training and ability to administer properly the tech-
 nical  and  scientific operation of a clinical laboratory or blood bank,
 including supervision of procedures and reporting of findings of tests.
   [3.] 2. Application for a certificate of qualification shall  be  made
 on forms provided by the department [and shall contain the procedures or
 categories  of  procedures for which the certificate is sought] and such
 other information as the department may require.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14434-01-4
              

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2023-S8966A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§572, 573, 575 & 576-a, Pub Health L

2023-S8966A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends various provisions governing certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks; provides for the department of health to prescribe minimum qualifications; provides that certificates shall cover all laboratory work; increases fees

2023-S8966A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8966A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8966--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to certificates of
   qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 572 of the public health law, as amended by chapter
 436 of the laws of 1993,  is amended to read as follows:
   § 572. Certificates of qualification.  No person shall act as a direc-
 tor  in a clinical laboratory located in or accepting specimens from New
 York state or in a blood bank  located  in  or  collecting,  processing,
 storing  or distributing blood products in New York state unless a valid
 certificate of qualification has been issued as provided in section five
 hundred seventy-three of this title.   [A certificate  shall  be  issued
 authorizing  the  holder  to perform or direct one or more procedures or
 one or more categories of such procedures.]
   § 2. Section 573 of the public health law, as amended by  chapter  436
 of the laws of 1993,  is amended to read as follows:
   §  573.  Issuance  of  certificates  of  qualification. 1. [The public
 health council shall prescribe minimum qualifications for  directors  in
 areas of testing, including, but not limited to, microbiology, immunolo-
 gy, chemistry, hematology, biophysics, cytology, pathology, genetics and
 blood banking.
   2.]  The  department shall issue a certificate of qualification to any
 person who meets [such] PRESCRIBED minimum qualifications UNDER  FEDERAL
 REGULATIONS, INCLUDING BOARD CERTIFICATION AS REQUIRED and who otherwise
 demonstrates to the department that such person possesses the character,
 competence,  training  and  ability to administer properly the technical
 and scientific operation of a clinical laboratory or blood bank, includ-
 ing supervision of procedures and reporting of findings of tests.
   [3.] 2. Application for a certificate of qualification shall  be  made
 on forms provided by the department [and shall contain the procedures or

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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