§ 8604. State board for clinical laboratory technology. A state board
for clinical laboratory technology shall be appointed by the board of
regents upon the recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of
assisting the board of regents and the department on matters of
professional licensing and professional conduct in accordance with
section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall be
composed of twelve members, four of whom shall be licensed clinical
laboratory technologists, two of whom shall be licensed
cytotechnologists, one of whom shall be a certified clinical laboratory
technician, one of whom shall be a licensed histotechnologist or
certified histotechnician, two members of the public, one representative
of the diagnostic/manufacturing industry, and one director of a clinical
laboratory who shall be a physician. An executive secretary to the board
shall be appointed by the board of regents upon the recommendation of
the commissioner. The clinical laboratory practitioner members of the
initial board need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall
have met all other requirements of licensing except the filing of an
application, the passing of a satisfactory exam and paying a fee.