Each cytotechnologist shall meet one of the following requirements:

1. (A) Have successfully completed two years in an accredited college or university with at least 12 semester hours in science, eight hours of which were in biology, and

   1. (1) have had 12 months of training in a school of cytotechnology accredited by an accrediting agency approved by the Department, or
   2. (2) have received six months of formal training in a school of cytotechnology accredited by an accrediting agency approved by the Department and six months of full- time experience in cytotechnology in a laboratory acceptable to the pathologist who directed such formal six months of training, or
2. (B) Prior to January 1, 1985 have graduated from high school, completed six months of training in cytotechnology in a laboratory directed by a pathologist or other physician recognized as a specialist in cytology, and completed two years of full-time supervised experience in cytotechnology; or
3. (C) Have achieved a satisfactory grade in a proficiency examination offered by the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services or approved by the Department.