Senate Bill S10087

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands the type of certifications that may be accepted by the state of New York for restricted licenses

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 27, 2026	referred to higher education

2025-S10087 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10564
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8610, Ed L

2025-S10087 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the type of certifications that may be accepted by the state of New York for restricted licenses; requires individuals may only perform toxicology testing in a laboratory authorized by the state of New York.

2025-S10087 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10087

SPONSOR: BASKIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to restricted clinical
laboratory licenses

 
PURPOSE:

To amend the restricted license provisions to recognize new categories
of restricted licenses in the clinical laboratory space.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 8610 of the education law by amend-
ing the molecular diagnosis restricted license by adding a provision to
allow for the issuance of restricted licenses to those who have a
specialist certification recognized by a certified accrediting body.

Section 2 of the bill is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In 2004, New York State passed the Clinical Laboratory Technology Prac-
tice Act. Starting in 2006, pursuant to the Act, a person could not work
in a clinical laboratory without an appropriate generalist license in
the appropriate area. In 2008, legislation was passed to add restricted
license categories for those areas where a generalist license was unnec-
essary. In 2023, changes were made to this law as it relates to the
molecular diagnosis restricted license. While that change was necessary,
it led to a conversation about the need for additional restricted
licenses.

Since the original enactment of this legislation much has changed, and
clinical laboratories and blood banks have indicated that there is a
need to update the language related to the restricted licenses catego-
ries. Since the restricted license was first created, there have been
significant advances in technology and health care, and there are many
new areas where a restricted license would be appropriate.

Prior to the mid-20th century, clinical laboratories were primarily
associated with hospitals and universities for the purposes of research
and diagnostic testing. At that time medical technologists were trained
to perform all aspects of medical testing.  In the last 50 years,
medical technology has expanded far beyond the core testing of hematolo-
gy, chemistry and microbiology.

Automation, computerization, instrumentation, data analysis, genetics
and a host of other advances have changed the landscape and structure of
medical laboratories. The expansion of laboratory testing has led to the
specialization of personnel and necessitated the demand for area experts
in laboratory fields that did not even exist 50 years ago (cytogenetic,
flow cytometry, etc). Similarly, advances within the traditional areas
of medical technology (hematology, microbiology, blood bank, etc.) have
led to a scale of testing that requires area experts in subcategories
that continue to evolve.


Advances in medical technology continue to emerge providing enhanced
diagnostics and treatments for exceptional patient care. Licensing of
personnel who have specialized in various areas of clinical laboratory
practice is needed to address the evolution of this field and ensure
that the highest quality of patient care is available within the state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect twelve months after it shall have become law.

2025-S10087 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10087
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  restricted  clinical
   laboratory licenses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (b-1) of subdivision 1  of  section
 8610  of the education law, paragraphs (a) and (b) as amended by chapter
 186 of the laws of 2023 and paragraph (b-1) as added by chapter  227  of
 the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The  department  may issue a restricted license pursuant to which
 the restricted licensee may receive a  certificate  to  perform  certain
 examinations and procedures within the definition of clinical laboratory
 technology  set  forth  in subdivision one of section eighty-six hundred
 one of this article,  provided  that  such  a  restricted  licensee  may
 perform examinations and procedures only in those of the following areas
 which  are  specifically  listed in [his or her] SUCH LICENSEE'S certif-
 icate:    histocompatibility,  cytogenetics,  stem  cell  process,  flow
 cytometry/cellular  immunology, molecular testing, and toxicology (under
 paragraph [(b-1)] (B) of this subdivision)  OR FOR WHICH THE  RESTRICTED
 LICENSEE  HAS  OBTAINED  A  SPECIALIST  CERTIFICATION  FROM A NATIONALLY
 RECOGNIZED CERTIFYING BODY ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT.
   (b) [Notwithstanding paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision,  restricted
 licensees  employed  at  National  Cancer  Institute  designated  cancer
 centers or at teaching hospitals that  are  eligible  for  distributions
 pursuant  to  paragraph (c) of subdivision three of section twenty-eight
 hundred seven-m of the public health law may receive a certificate  that
 also includes the practice of molecular testing including but not limit-
 ed  to  genetic testing-molecular and molecular oncology, and restricted
 licensees  employed  at  national  cancer  institute  designated  cancer
 centers may receive a certificate that includes the use of mass spectro-
 metry  or  any  tests  and  procedures acceptable to the commissioner of
 health, in consultation with the commissioner, in the field of  proteom-
 ics,  provided  that such certificate holders may practice in such addi-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14781-02-6
 S. 10087                            2

 tional areas only at such centers, teaching hospitals or other sites  as
 may be designated by the commissioner.
   (b-1)] Only individuals employed in A LABORATORY AUTHORIZED BY THE New
 York  state  department  of  health  [authorized]  TO PERFORM toxicology
 [laboratory] TESTING, operating under the direction of a clinical  labo-
 ratory director, may obtain a certificate in toxicology.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take effect twelve months after it shall have
 become a law.

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