Provides that an applicant with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering technology and an applicant with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering shall have the same number of education and experience credit requirements, shall have the same eligibility for an identification card as "an engineer in training", as well as examination and examination eligibility requirements.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4942
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to an accredited engi-
neering technology degree
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of the educa-
2 tion law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (2) Education: have received an education, including a bachelor's or
5 higher degree based on a program in engineering, an accredited engineer-
6 ing technology degree, or the substantial equivalent, in accordance with
7 the commissioner's regulations;
8 § 2. Section 7206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
9 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
10 5. For the purposes of this section, an applicant with a bachelor's
11 degree or higher in engineering technology and an applicant with a bach-
12 elor's degree or higher in engineering shall have the same number of
13 education and experience credit requirements, shall have the same eligi-
14 bility for an identification card as an "engineer in training", as well
15 as examination and examination eligibility requirements, in accordance
16 with the commissioner's regulations.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
18 it shall have become a law and shall apply to applications for licensure
19 as a professional engineer received on or after such effective date.
20 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
21 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
22 tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
23 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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