Professional Misconduct Discipline in New York State Clinical Laboratories, 2006-2024

Since its implementation in 2006, the New York State Clinical Laboratory Practice Act has licensed 30,287 professionals. As of 2024, 56 disciplinary actions (0.18%) have been recorded, mostly due to criminal convictions (64.3%), particularly DWI, followed by fraudulent applications (23.2%) and workplace violations (12.5%). Males comprised 57% of the disciplined population, 66.7% of those fined, and 78.6% of the total fines paid. Most significant disciplinary outcome included 22 individuals (39.2%) that lost their licenses through annulment (n=13), revocation (n=2), surrender (n=5), and actual suspension (n=2). Laboratory disciplinary outcomes include 3 license surrenders and 1 actual suspension of at least two years (57.1% of workplace actions). Among cases triggered by criminal conviction, 2 licenses were surrendered and 2 revoked (11.1%). The data indicate rare but patterned misconduct, with notable gender disparities in penalties and license terminations.