2022 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 5 - Laboratories
Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services
573 - Issuance of Certificates of Qualification.

§ 573. Issuance of certificates of qualification. 1. The public health
  council shall prescribe minimum qualifications for directors in areas of
  testing,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  microbiology,  immunology,
  chemistry, hematology, biophysics,  cytology,  pathology,  genetics  and
  blood banking.
2.  The  department  shall issue a certificate of qualification to any
  person  who  meets  such  minimum  qualifications  and   who   otherwise
  demonstrates to the department that such person possesses the character,
  competence,  training  and  ability to administer properly the technical
  and scientific  operation  of  a  clinical  laboratory  or  blood  bank,
  including supervision of procedures and reporting of findings of tests.
3.  Application  for  a  certificate of qualification shall be made on
  forms provided by the department and shall  contain  the  procedures  or
  categories  of  procedures  for which the certificate is sought and such
  other information as the department may require.
4. The certificate shall be valid for a period of two years  from  the
  date  of  issuance  and  may  be renewed for successive two year periods
  thereafter. The original application and each renewal application  shall
  be accompanied by a registration fee of forty dollars.
5.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this section, the commissioner
  may issue a temporary certificate of qualification to any person pending
  the issuance of a certificate as provided in this section.  A  temporary
  certificate  shall be valid for a period of thirty days from the date of
  its issuance and may be renewed for a maximum of four successive periods
  of thirty days.