N.Y. EDN Law § 8604

§ 8604. State board for clinical laboratory technology. A state board\nfor clinical laboratory technology shall be appointed by the board of\nregents upon the recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of\nassisting the board of regents and the department on matters of\nprofessional licensing and professional conduct in accordance with\nsection sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall be\ncomposed of twelve members, four of whom shall be licensed clinical\nlaboratory technologists, two of whom shall be licensed\ncytotechnologists, one of whom shall be a certified clinical laboratory\ntechnician, one of whom shall be a licensed histotechnologist or\ncertified histotechnician, two members of the public, one representative\nof the diagnostic/manufacturing industry, and one director of a clinical\nlaboratory who shall be a physician. An executive secretary to the board\nshall be appointed by the board of regents upon the recommendation of\nthe commissioner. The clinical laboratory practitioner members of the\ninitial board need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall\nhave met all other requirements of licensing except the filing of an\napplication, the passing of a satisfactory exam and paying a fee.\n