Histologic technician: Qualifications and activities.

1. To qualify for a certificate as a histologic technician, a person must: (a) Successfully complete a program in histotechnology certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; (b) Have an associate degree in chemistry, biology or a physical science or successfully complete at least 60 semester hours or the equivalent of academic credit from an accredited college or university with at least 12 semester hours in science, of which 6 hours are in chemistry and 6 hours are in biology, and have 1 year of full-time experience in histotechnology in a histology laboratory under the supervision of a pathologist certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology Incorporated or a pathologist eligible for certification in anatomic pathology; or (c) Be a high school graduate or the equivalent and have 2 years of full-time experience in histotechnology, within the preceding 5 years, in a histology laboratory under the supervision of a pathologist certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology Incorporated or a pathologist eligible for certification in anatomic pathology. 2. A histologic technician may only perform histologic procedures under the supervision of a histotechnologist or the director and may only perform cytologic procedures under the direction of a cytotechnologist, a histotechnologist or the director.