Section 8604. State board for clinical laboratory technology

A state board
  for clinical laboratory technology shall be appointed by  the  board  of
  regents  upon  the recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of
  assisting the  board  of  regents  and  the  department  on  matters  of
  professional  licensing  and  professional  conduct  in  accordance with
  section sixty-five hundred eight of  this  title.  The  board  shall  be
  composed  of  twelve  members,  four  of whom shall be licensed clinical
  laboratory   technologists,   two   of   whom    shall    be    licensed
  cytotechnologists,  one of whom shall be a certified clinical laboratory
  technician, one of whom shall be a  certified  histological  technician,
  two    members    of    the    public,   one   representative   of   the
  diagnostic/manufacturing  industry,  and  one  director  of  a  clinical
  laboratory who shall be a physician. An executive secretary to the board
  shall  be  appointed  by the board of regents upon the recommendation of
  the commissioner. The clinical laboratory practitioner  members  of  the
  initial  board need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall
  have met all other requirements of licensing except  the  filing  of  an
  application, the passing of a satisfactory exam and paying a fee.