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Part 79 - Regulation of Individual Professions Subpart 79-21 Histotechnologist

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To meet the professional education or alternative to professional education requirements for licensure as a histotechnologist, the applicant shall present satisfactory evidence of:

  1. successful completion of a bachelor's or higher degree program in histotechnology registered by the department or determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent, or a bachelor's degree histotechnology program accredited by a national accrediting organization acceptable to the department; or
  2. successful completion of a bachelor's degree program in a natural science or a laboratory science and a minimum number of credit hours acceptable to the department, and appropriate clinical education in a histotechnologist program accredited by a national accrediting organization acceptable to the department or a program registered by the department or determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent; or
  3. current histotechnologist certification by a national certification organization acceptable to the department; or
  4. histotechnologist licensure in a jurisdiction acceptable to the department; or,
  5. a bachelor's degree in a natural science or in a clinical laboratory science and coursework acceptable to the department and:
    1. two years' experience in a clinical laboratory while licensed as a histotechnician in New York or another jurisdiction acceptable to the department; or
    2. two years' experience in a clinical laboratory while certified as a histotechnician by a national certification organization, acceptable to the department.