N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 52.38

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 52.38 - Clinical laboratory technology

In addition to meeting all applicable provisions of this Part, to be registered as a program recognized as leading to licensure as a clinical laboratory technologist, which meets the requirements of section 79-13.1 of this Title, the program shall:

(a) be a program in clinical laboratory technology leading to a baccalaureate or higher degree or advanced certificate which contains didactic and clinical education that integrates pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical components of laboratory services, including the principles and practices of quality assurance/quality improvement, and which is designed and conducted to prepare graduates to practice clinical laboratory technology using independent judgment and responsibility;

(b) include coursework, which shall include a laboratory component in each area, in each of the following subject areas or their equivalent as determined by the department:

(1) inorganic chemistry;

(2) analytic chemistry and/or biochemistry;

(3) clinical chemistry;

(4) physiology, with anatomy content;

(5) immunology/serology;

(6) immunohematology (blood bank);

(7) hematology/hemostasis, and body fluids;

(8) molecular biology and diagnostics; and

(9) microbiology and clinical microbiology, including bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology; and

(c) include curricular content in each of the following subject areas or their equivalent, as determined by the department:

(1) organic chemistry;

(2) statistics;

(3) infection control and universal precautions (standard precautions);

(4) the maintenance of equipment and records; and

(5) ethics; and

(d) include a supervised clinical experience of at least 30 hours per week for at least 24 weeks or its equivalent as determined by the department, in the practice of clinical laboratory technology, which provides the student with clinical experience that includes but is not limited to: hematology/hemostasis, clinical chemistry, immunohematology, urinalysis/body fluids, clinical microbiology, and immunology.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 52.38