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ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK NOW ACCEPTED FOR LICENSURE

Additional Courses that may be Acceptable toward Meeting Certain Subject Area Requirements in the Clinical Laboratory Technology, Cytotechnology, and Clinical Laboratory Technician Professions

Part 52 of the Commissioner’s Regulations requires that the professional education for clinical laboratory professionals includes coursework in specific subject areas or their equivalent as determined by the Department. The Department has undertaken a recent review of the essential content within those specific subject areas and determined that additional courses may be considered equivalent if, upon review, it is determined by the Department that they sufficiently cover the required topics/contents as outlined in the chart below.

Instructions for Applicants:

If you have previously submitted an application and were found deficient in any of these areas, and you have completed the course(s) that may be acceptable, as identified in the chart below and wish to have your application re-evaluated, please request that your school submits the relevant course syllabus for each course (from the time of your attendance) to CompEd@nysed.gov.

Note: If you withdrew your application and obtained a refund, you are required to submit a new Form 1 and application fee. You may also be required to submit official transcripts and other documents.

Please be advised that requests will be reviewed in the order in which they are received.

Subject Areas Topics that Must be Covered Additional Courses that may be Acceptable
Molecular Biology and Diagnostics with Lab [52.38 (b)(8)]
  1. The structure and function of nucleic acids
  2. Replication, transcription and translation
  3. Introduction to polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
 Cell Biology with Lab OR
Genetics with Lab OR
Biochemistry with Lab

Note: Acceptable ONLY if you also completed a course in analytic chemistry, or its equivalent
Physiology with Anatomy Content with Lab [52.38(b)(4) and 52.40(b)(3)]

Anatomy and Physiology [52.39(b)(2)]		 Systems that must be covered: Circulatory (cardiovascular); digestive (excretory); endocrine; integumentary/exocrine; lymphatic (immune); muscular; nervous; urinary (renal); reproductive; respiratory; skeletal Human Biology with Lab
Biochemistry with Lab [52.38(b)(2)]
  1. Structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, enzymes
  2. Cellular respiration
  3. Cellular metabolism
 Biotechnology with Lab

Note: Clinical Chemistry is a required course outlined in regulation and while it may contain similar topics as a Biochemistry course, it cannot be used to meet the Biochemistry requirement.