New York State Licensure Update 12/2012:

In October of 2012, the New York State Education Department began sending notices to individuals with New York State Limited Licenses to remind them of their obligations to complete all licensure requirements by September 1^st, 2013. Limited Licenses will not be valid or renewed after the expiration date nor will this transition pathway be available. It is imperative that these individuals complete all the necessary educational requirements and pass the examination to ensure that they can remain employed in a clinical laboratory in New York State.

All grandfathering and transition pathways that have not already expired will do so on September 1^st 2013. As of the date, only the standard pathway for licensing will be available for those seeking employment in New York State.

At this time, the New York State Education Department highly recommends that individuals with Limited Licenses submit their application for licensure by May 1 of 2013 in order to allow the Department sufficient time to review and approve the application. If individuals with associate degrees (or higher) who are still unsure if they meet all the educational requirements may submit the application with the forms documenting the additional course work completed to date (degree documentation is already on file as part of the limited license application) so that the Department may review and notify of you of any incomplete requirements.

Requirements for licensure and applications for can be found on the New York State Education Department, Office of Profession website: http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/clt/ . For specific questions concerning the status of your license application, please contact:

NY State Education Department
Office of the Professions
Division of Professional Licensing Services
Clinical Laboratory Technology Unit
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12234-1000

518-474-3817, ext. 592 (voice)
518-473-1951 (fax)
opunit5@mail.nysed.gov

(Please provide your name, social security number, date of birth, and the name of the profession in any correspondence.)

For questions concerning educational credentialing from non-approved (non licensure qualifying) programs, please contact:

NY State Education Department
Office of the Professions
Bureau of Comparative Education
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12234-1000

518-474-3817, ext. 300 (voice)
518-486-2966 (fax)
comped@mail.nysed.gov

For any other questions, please contact litepath2000@yahoo.com

The 2013 NYSHS Annual Symposium “Back To School” will be held at the State University of New York Cobleskill Campus on Saturday April 13th. For more information, please visit:  2013 Announcement Page

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Open positions for the NYSHS Board of Directors  2013 Elections has been posted. Please visit: NYSHS 2013 Election Information

New York State Histotechnological Society

Changes have been made to the NYSHS website. please be sure to check around !

Election results are in!  Please visit the board of directors page to get contact information for the new Officers and Directors.

Congratulations to all

The 2012 Region 1/NYSHS participating vendors is available at:

http://www.nyhisto.com/meetings/2012-region1nyshs/

Thanks you for supporting the region and the state societies !!!!

see the embedded you tube video on the home page

The annual meeting of the House of Delegates of the National Society for Histotechnology will convene on October 3rd at 7:00 PM in Vancouver Canada . Constituent Societies may seat the President of the society or Presidential alternate, and one (1) delegate or alternate for each fifty (50) NSH members. Names of the Constituent Society President and/or alternate, all delegates and alternates must be submitted on and received by the committee no later than August 1st 2012.

If you would like to serve as a delegate, please contact Luis Chiriboga at:
litepath2000@yahoo.com

Please be sure and vote in both the NSH and NYSHS elections.

NSH voting is online and you must be member. Please contact NSH for more info. Voting closes May 31

NYSHS Ballots should arrive in the mail shortly.  Please be sure to check out the Nominee page for info on the candidates.

Its an honor to work in a field full of dedicated professionals!! Take this time to congratulate ourselves on the amazing job you do each day!!

Well Done

NYSHS