[Histonet] New York Qualifications for Histology Supervisor

[Colleen Forster]

Wow...this is just crazy~ The regulations leave histology in a real tough
spot...

Feeling for all of you and yes, for the future histology techs coming up~

Colleen Forster
U of MN

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:52 AM Perl , Alison via Histonet <
histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> Hi Melissa
> This is true, and a source of my neverending frustration with NYS Office
> of Professions. Stephanie Shulman (stephanie.shulman at health.ny.gov) is a
> good person at NYS to get clarification, but she will reiterate the same.
>
> NYS has explained to me that "histotechs don't exercise judgment" and thus
> are not qualified to take on the role of supervisor, even for a
> histology-only laboratory. The supervisors here in my lab and myself all
> have Clinical Lab Technologist licenses, from when they were grandfathered
> back in 2007. I have techs who went to school specifically for Histology,
> but can never become supervisors. I don't know what anyone will do for the
> next generation of supervisors - your situation is a real fear.
>
> Anyone in NYS who would like to raise this issue with your
> representatives, I encourage you to do so!!
>
> Alison Perl, HTL(ASCP)CM
> Anatomic Pathology Manager
> CareMount Medical
> (914) 302-8424
> aperl at cmmedical.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melissa Owens via Histonet [mailto:histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu]
>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:21 AM
> To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Histonet] New York Qualifications for Histology
> Supervisor
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a question about the requirements to be a supervisor in New York.
> New York dept. of Ed states qualifications for a Medical
> Technologist/Laboratory Supervisor and a Cytotechnologist/Cytology
> Supervisor but no where does it mention qualifications for a
> Histototech/Histology Supervisor. So therefore, I have heard that in New
> York, a Histology Supervisor must qualify under the Medical
> Technologist/Laboratory Supervisor qualifications statues. This seems
> impossible to me as this would have to be an individual who becomes a
> Medical Technologist and by random transfers into a histology role then
> becomes a supervisor. Does anyone out there in New York legally qualify
> your histology supervisors who have a bachelors degree but were not former
> Medical Technologists? Thank you for any help as I have intensely scoped
> the New York department of Education website in my frustrations.
>
> By the way, I am asking this because I have a Day Shift 7:30am-4pm
> Monday-Friday Histology Supervisor position in the New York Metropolitan
> area with these requirements and I don't know if there is a way around
> them. Thank you!
>
> Melissa Owens, CHP (ASA)
> President, Laboratory Staffing
> Allied Search Partners
>
>
>
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Colleen Forster HT(ASCP)QIHC
BLS Histology and IHC Laboratory
B173 PWB      612-626-1930

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