N.Y. Education Law Section 8856
Exemptions and exempt persons

This article shall not prohibit:

1.

The performance of any tasks or responsibilities by any student engaged in clinical training in a general hospital licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health law, provided such practice is limited to clinical training that shall be carried out under the direct supervision of a licensed physician who practices anatomic pathology; or

2.

The performance of any tasks or responsibilities by any person licensed under this title, provided such tasks or responsibilities are permitted by the article governing the profession pursuant to which such person is licensed; or

3.

The performance of any tasks or responsibilities by any legally qualified pathologists’ assistants of any other state or territory who is serving in the armed forces or the public health service of the United States or who is employed by the veterans administration, while engaged in the performance of his or her duties; or

4.

The performance of any tasks and responsibilities by any individual legally carrying out the examinations and tests enumerated in subdivision two of Public Health Law § 579 (Scope and exceptions)section five hundred seventy-nine of the public health law.

Source: Section 8856 — Exemptions and exempt persons, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/8856 (updated Dec. 1, 2017; accessed Mar. 9, 2025).

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