§ 8604. State board for clinical laboratory technology. A state board for clinical laboratory technology shall be appointed by the board of regents upon the recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the board of regents and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall be composed of twelve members, four of whom shall be licensed clinical laboratory technologists, two of whom shall be licensed cytotechnologists, one of whom shall be a certified clinical laboratory technician, one of whom shall be a certified histological technician, two members of the public, one representative of the diagnostic/manufacturing industry, and one director of a clinical laboratory who shall be a physician. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by the board of regents upon the recommendation of the commissioner. The clinical laboratory practitioner members of the initial board need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall have met all other requirements of licensing except the filing of an application, the passing of a satisfactory exam and paying a fee.