No person shall practice as a clinical laboratory technician or as a histotechnician or hold himself or herself out as a clinical laboratory technician or a histotechnician in this state unless he or she is certified or exempt pursuant to this article, provided that an individual licensed as a clinical laboratory technologist, cytotechnologist, histotechnologist, or clinical laboratory technician may practice the profession of histotechnician.
N.Y. Educ. Law § 8603