May 2021 revisions to the General Systems Standards and Specialty Requirements by Category, for Microbiology and Cytopathology, may be viewed below under the heading of Revisions to Laboratory Standards - May 2021.

Clinical Laboratory Standards of Practice

• General Systems Standards - Effective May 2021

Specialty Requirements by Category

• Andrology - Effective August 2020
• Blood Lead - Effective August 2020
• Blood pH and Gases - Effective August 2020
• Laboratory Blood Services and Immunohematology - Effective August 2020
• Cellular Immunology and Cytokines - Effective August 2020
• Clinical Toxicology - Effective August 2020
• Cytogenetics - Effective August 2020
• Diagnostic Immunology - Effective August 2020
• Fetal Defect Markers - Effective August 2020
• Forensic Identity - Effective August 2020
• Forensic Toxicology - Effective August 2020
• Genetic Testing - Effective August 2020
• Hematology - Effective August 2020
• Histocompatibility - Effective August 2020
• Microbiology Categories - Effective May 2021
• Oncology - Effective August 2020
• Parentage/Identity Testing - Effective August 2020
• Pathology Categories - Effective May 2021
• Trace Elements - Effective August 2020

Summaries showing revisions to the General Systems Standards and Specialty Requirements by Category, for Microbiology and Cytopathology, are shown below. Changes are effective May 5, 2021. 

Also available is a side-by-side comparison of the former General Systems Standards, prior to August 2020, and the Adopted Standards. 

General Systems Standards - Summary of Revisions

• Summary of General Systems Standards Revisions - May 2021

Specialty Requirements by Category - Summary of Revisions​

• Microbiology Standard of Practice 4 (MB S4) Revision - May 2021
• Cytopathology Standard of Practice 2 (CY S2) Revision - May 2021

Comparison of Former to Adopted General Systems Standards

• Comparison of Former to Adopted General Systems Standards

NYS Cytogenetics Quality Assurance Program Chromosome Microarray Analysis policy

IQCP Requirements CLIA To NYS - May 2021