BILL NO A07488C
SAME AS SAME AS S04914-C
SPONSOR Benedetto
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add SS669-e & 6505-d, amd S6505-c, Ed L; add Art 2-A S20-a & 20-b, Gen Bus L;
amd SS304-a & 398-d, V & T L; amd S3002, Pub Health L; amd S236-a, County L;
amd S45, Gen City L
Requires colleges, vocational institutions and other approved programs to
provide credits or exemptions for comparable military training; provides for
expedited application for admission to the practice of a profession by a
veteran or a veteran's spouse; relates to motor vehicle inspection
certification and mechanic qualifications, certification of responder or
emergency medical technicians, licensure of master electricians and plumber
certification.
BILL NO A07488C
05/22/2013 referred to higher education
05/29/2013 amend (t) and recommit to higher education
05/29/2013 print number 7488a
06/17/2013 amend (t) and recommit to higher education
06/17/2013 print number 7488b
01/08/2014 referred to higher education
02/10/2014 amend (t) and recommit to higher education
02/10/2014 print number 7488c
BILL NUMBER:A7488C
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
course credit for veterans, articulation between military and civilian
professional careers and application for admission to practice of a
profession by a veteran or a veteran's spouse; to amend the general
business law, in relation to licensing, certification and registration
for veterans and veteran's spouses; to amend the vehicle and traffic
law, in relation to providing motor vehicle inspector certification
and mechanic qualifications; to amend the public health law, in
relation to certification of responder or emergency medical
technicians; to amend the county law, in relation to licensure of
master electricians; and to amend the general city law, in relation to
plumber certification
PURPOSE: To require colleges, vocational institutions and other
approved programs to provide credits or exemptions for comparable
military training, and to provide for articulations by the
commissioner of education, the director of veterans affairs and the
secretary of state to allow former military personal and their spouses
to be admitted to practice professions and receive equivalent
licensing, certification and registrations.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of this bill would add a new section 669-e to the education
law to provide that every veteran who is enrolled on a full-time basis
as an undergraduate student in good standing, at an institution within
the state university system, shall upon application and approval of
the chancellor, or his or her designee, be granted up to six academic
credits per semester towards his or her degree for completion of
courses that were part of such veteran's military training or service.
In determining the approval of such veteran's application, the
chancellor, or his or her designee, shall consider the standards of
the American council on education. No lee, tuition or other charge
shall be assessed against a veteran who qualifies for such credit
pursuant to this section.
Section 2 of this bill would amend section 6505-c of the education law
to expand the currently required Articulation between military and
civilian professional careers to include programs which may provide,
where applicable, equivalent education and training for those
professions which would promote the economic development, job creation
or technological advancement of business in the state of New York, and
to further provide that in their determination of which military
programs provide equivalent education and training, the commissioner
and the director shall consider the standards of the American council
on education.
Section 3 of this would add a new section 6505-d to the education law,
to expand the articulation performed for veterans under section 6505-c
to practice of a profession by spouse of a veteran.
Section 4 of this bill would add a new Article 2-A to the general
business law to provide the same articulation performed for veterans
and veterans spouses under section 6505-c and 6505-d of the education
law, to be performed by the secretary of state with respect to
licensing, certification and registration under the general business
law.
Section 5 would amend section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic law, to
provide that the commissioner of motor vehicles may, by regulation,
establish standards of competency and fitness for certification as an
inspector; provided, however, that any person who was a member of the
armed forces of the United States, national and or reserves and who by
military training and practice acquired the skills of a motor vehicle
inspector shall be certified by the commissioner as an inspector.
Section 6 would amend section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law, to
provide that every person who was a member of the armed forces of the
United States, national guard or reserves and who by military training
and practice acquires the skills of a motor vehicle mechanic shall be
deemed to be qualified to perform work upon motor vehicles at motor
vehicle repair shops.
Section 7 would amend section 3002 of the public health law, to
provide that any person who was a member of the armed forces of the
United States, national guard or reserves and who by military training
and practice was a medic or corpsman shall be certified, without
examination, by the state council and regional councils as a first
responder or emergency medical technician.
Section 8 would amend section 236-a of the county law, to provide that
the counties of Dutchess and Westchester shall provide for the
licensing, without examination, as a master electrician of any person
who was a member of the armed forces of the United States, national
guard or reserves and who by military training and practice acquired
the skills of an electrician.
Section 9 would amend the general city law, to provide that any person
who was a member of the armed forces of the United States, national
guard or reserves and who by military training and practice acquired
the skills of a plumber shall be certified as competent without
examination.
JUSTIFICATION: Recently discharged military service members are
frequently delayed in obtaining post-Service employment, even though
they have applicable military education, training and experience which
can qualify them for licenses and/or provide academic credit toward
degree requirements.
The Department of Defense of Military Services provide each Service
member a transcript of their experience and training; however, these
transcripts are not always adequate for civilian institutions to
assess for possible academic credit and by licensing boards to assess
for license requirements. This bill would allow Service members to
obtain credit toward occupational licenses based on their military
education, training and experience.
Additionally, when it comes to military spouses, many occupations
require a state license, often with state-specific conditions and
processes, which can cause lengthy re-employment delays for military
spouses moving between states. These delays and the expense of
re-licensure can cause many military spouses to not practice in their
professions.
Through collaborative efforts with 27 states, the Department of
Defense has collected best practices that can reduce the time required
for a military spouse to transfer a current license when entering a
new state. These practices do not impact the standards of the state,
still require military spouses to fully qualify within their
occupations, and can be implemented at little or no cost to the state.
This legislation allows New York State to modify licensing
requirements and processes, which would otherwise impede qualified
military spouses from becoming employed following a military move to a
new state.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None noted.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This act would take effect on the first of January
next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7488--C
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 22, 2013
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to course credit for
veterans, articulation between military and civilian professional
careers and application for admission to practice of a profession by a
veteran or a veteran's spouse; to amend the general business law, in
relation to licensing, certification and registration for veterans and
veteran's spouses; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation
to providing motor vehicle inspector certification and mechanic quali-
fications; to amend the public health law, in relation to certif-
ication of responder or emergency medical technicians; to amend the
county law, in relation to licensure of master electricians; and to
amend the general city law, in relation to plumber certification
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-e
2 to read as follows:
3 S 669-E. COURSE CREDIT FOR VETERANS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
4 THE TERM "VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON, MALE OR FEMALE, RESIDENT OF THIS
5 STATE, WHO HAS SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE OF THE
6 UNITED STATES DURING A WAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES WAS ENGAGED AND
7 WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE BY ANY MEANS OF AN HONORABLE OR
8 GENERAL DISCHARGE, OR WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE RESERVE.
9 2. EVERY VETERAN WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRAD-
10 UATE STUDENT IN GOOD STANDING, AT AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10497-07-4
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1 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, SHALL UPON APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF THE CHANCEL-
2 LOR, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, BE GRANTED UP TO SIX ACADEMIC CREDITS PER
3 SEMESTER TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION OF COURSES THAT WERE
4 PART OF SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING OR SERVICE. IN DETERMINING THE
5 APPROVAL OF SUCH VETERAN'S APPLICATION, THE CHANCELLOR, OR HIS OR HER
6 DESIGNEE, SHALL CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCA-
7 TION. NO FEE, TUITION OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED AGAINST A VETER-
8 AN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
9 3. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MAY PROMULGATE
10 RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS
11 OF THIS SECTION.
12 S 2. Section 6505-c of the education law, as added by chapter 106 of
13 the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
14 S 6505-c. Articulation between military and civilian professional
15 careers. 1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the director of
16 the division of veterans' affairs, a program to facilitate articulation
17 between participation in the military service of the United States or
18 the military service of the state and admission to practice of a profes-
19 sion. The commissioner and the director shall identify, review and eval-
20 uate professional training programs offered through either the military
21 service of the United States or the military service of the state which
22 may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as equivalent
23 education and training in lieu of all or part of an approved program.
24 Particular emphasis shall be placed on the identification of military
25 programs which have previously been deemed acceptable by the department
26 as equivalent education and training, programs which may provide, where
27 applicable, equivalent education and training for those professions
28 which are critical to public health and safety and programs which may
29 provide, where applicable, equivalent education and training for those
30 professions for which shortages exist in the state of New York, AND
31 PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
32 TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
33 MENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE
34 OF NEW YORK.
35 2. The commissioner and the director shall prepare a list of those
36 military programs which have previously been deemed acceptable by the
37 department as equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part
38 of an approved program no later than the thirtieth of August, two thou-
39 sand three. On and after such date, such list shall be made available to
40 the public and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
41 3. The commissioner and the director shall prepare a list of those
42 military programs which may provide, where applicable, equivalent educa-
43 tion and training for those professions which are critical to public
44 health and safety, programs which may provide, where applicable, equiv-
45 alent education and training for those professions for which shortages
46 exist in the state of New York, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLI-
47 CABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH
48 WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL
49 ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK and any other military
50 programs which may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as
51 equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part of an approved
52 program no later than the thirty-first of October, two thousand three.
53 On and after such date, such list shall be made available to the public
54 and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
55 4. Such lists shall be prepared annually no later than the thirtieth
56 of June thereafter with additions and deletions made jointly by the
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1 commissioner and the director and made available to the public and
2 applicants for admission to practice of a profession on such date.
3 5. IN THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF WHICH MILITARY
4 PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
5 BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR
6 PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONER AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL
7 CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
8 S 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d to
9 read as follows:
10 S 6505-D. APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION BY
11 A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE FOR
12 AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION
13 BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE DETER-
14 MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE APPLI-
15 CATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN
16 MAKING THE DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN
17 ADDITION TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, ALSO CONSIDER THE
18 EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
19 SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED FIVE-C OF THIS SUBARTICLE. IN MAKING THE
20 DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER
21 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ANY
22 EQUIVALENT EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH
23 SPOUSE OF SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, TOGETHER WITH THE
24 STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. IF THE COMMISSIONER
25 DETERMINES THAT THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN OR THE VETER-
26 AN'S SPOUSE, AND/OR THEIR PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE IN ANOTHER
27 JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY
28 FOR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE, THEN THE
29 COMMISSIONER SHALL GRANT SUCH VETERAN OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE ADMISSION TO
30 PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE.
31 S 4. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2-A
32 to read as follows:
33 ARTICLE 2-A
34 LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION FOR VETERANS AND VETERAN
35 SPOUSES
36 SECTION 20-A. ARTICULATION BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL
37 CAREERS.
38 20-B. APPLICATION FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION
39 TO PRACTICE A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A
40 VETERAN.
41 S 20-A. ARTICULATION BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL
42 CAREERS. 1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DEVELOP, JOINTLY WITH THE
43 DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, A PROGRAM TO FACILITATE
44 ARTICULATION BETWEEN PARTICIPATION IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
45 STATES OR THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE AND THE LICENSING, CERTIF-
46 ICATION AND REGISTRATION FOR VETERANS TO PRACTICE ANY PROFESSION
47 LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER. THE SECRE-
48 TARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL IDENTIFY, REVIEW AND EVALUATE PROFESSIONAL
49 TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH EITHER THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
50 STATES OR THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE WHICH MAY, WHERE APPLICABLE,
51 BE ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN
52 LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS SHALL BE
53 PLACED ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF MILITARY PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY
54 BEEN DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
55 TRAINING, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
56 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO
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1 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICA-
2 BLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH
3 SHORTAGES EXIST IN THE STATE AND PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE
4 APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS
5 WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOG-
6 ICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE.
7 2. THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE MILI-
8 TARY PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE
9 DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART
10 OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
11 FIFTEEN. ON AND AFTER SUCH DATE, SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
12 THE PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION.
13 3. THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE MILI-
14 TARY PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION
15 AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH
16 AND SAFETY, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
17 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH SHORTAGES EXIST
18 IN THE STATE, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
19 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE
20 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSI-
21 NESS IN THE STATE AND ANY OTHER MILITARY PROGRAMS WHICH MAY, WHERE
22 APPLICABLE, BE ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
23 TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM NO LATER THAN THE
24 THIRTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. ON AND AFTER SUCH DATE,
25 SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS FOR THE
26 LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFES-
27 SION.
28 4. SUCH LISTS SHALL BE PREPARED ANNUALLY NO LATER THAN THE THIRTIETH
29 OF JUNE THEREAFTER WITH ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS MADE JOINTLY BY THE
30 SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND APPLI-
31 CANTS FOR THE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION TO THE PRACTICE
32 OF A PROFESSION ON SUCH DATE.
33 5. IN THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF WHICH MILITARY
34 PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
35 BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR
36 PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM, THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL
37 CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
38 S 20-B. APPLICATION FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO
39 PRACTICE A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE SECRE-
40 TARY OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION FOR LICENSING,
41 CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION BY A
42 VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE DETERMINED
43 BY THE SECRETARY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION
44 WITH THE SECRETARY BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN MAKING THE
45 DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN, THE SECRETARY SHALL, IN ADDITION TO THE
46 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, ALSO CONSIDER THE EQUIVALENT
47 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWEN-
48 TY-A OF THIS ARTICLE. IN MAKING THE DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN'S
49 SPOUSE, THE SECRETARY SHALL CONSIDER THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE
50 VETERAN'S SPOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ANY EQUIVALENT EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST
51 LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH SPOUSE
52 OF SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, TOGETHER WITH THE STANDARDS
53 OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT
54 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN OR THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE,
55 AND/OR THEIR PAST LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRAC-
56 TICE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIRE-
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1 MENTS NECESSARY FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE
2 THE PROFESSION IN THE STATE, THEN THE SECRETARY SHALL GRANT SUCH VETERAN
3 OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE
4 SUCH PROFESSION.
5 S 5. Subdivision (c) of section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
6 as added by chapter 61 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 (c) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish standards of compe-
9 tency and fitness for certification as an inspector; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
10 THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
11 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
12 PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR SHALL BE
13 CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS AN INSPECTOR.
14 S 6. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
15 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
16 8. ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
17 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
18 PRACTICE ACQUIRES THE SKILLS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC, SHALL BE
19 DEEMED TO BE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM WORK UPON MOTOR VEHICLES AT MOTOR
20 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS.
21 S 7. Subdivision 2 of section 3002 of the public health law, as
22 amended by chapter 580 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
23 follows:
24 2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
25 majority of those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to
26 enact, and from time to time, amend and repeal, rules and regulations
27 establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
28 certification, advanced life support first response services, the
29 provision of prehospital emergency medical care, public education, the
30 development of a statewide emergency medical services system, the
31 provision of ambulance services outside the primary territory specified
32 in the ambulance services' certificate and the training, examination,
33 and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
34 nicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided, however,
35 that such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing stand-
36 ards established by section three thousand five-a of this article. Such
37 training shall be made available by video or computer to the maximum
38 extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
39 minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
40 tary ambulance service operating solely pursuant to a statement of
41 registration issued under section three thousand four.] The curriculum
42 for certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one hours
43 including prerequisites. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
44 ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
45 OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND WHO BY MILITARY
46 TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS A MEDIC OR CORPSMAN, SHALL BE CERTIFIED, WITH-
47 OUT EXAMINATION, BY THE STATE COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AS A FIRST
48 RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The state council shall have
49 the same powers granted to regional councils by this article in any
50 region of the state in which a regional council has not been estab-
51 lished.
52 S 8. Subdivision 1 of section 236-a of the county law, as amended by
53 chapter 343 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
54 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the general city law or any other
55 law to the contrary, the counties of Dutchess and Westchester are each
56 hereby authorized to establish a county board of examiners for master
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1 electricians and to empower such board to assume all licensing duties
2 within each such county with respect to the licensure of master electri-
3 cians. PROVIDED, THAT SUCH COUNTIES SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING,
4 WITHOUT EXAMINATION, AS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OF ANY PERSON WHO WAS A
5 MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR
6 RESERVES, AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS
7 OF AN ELECTRICIAN. The counties of Dutchess and Westchester shall
8 provide for master electrician's duties and responsibilities in accord-
9 ance with the local law of each such county.
10 S 9. Section 45 of the general city law is amended to read as follows:
11 S 45. Examinations; conducting business without certificate prohibit-
12 ed. A person desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or
13 calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing
14 or master plumber, shall be required to submit to an examination before
15 such examining board of plumbers as to his experience and qualifications
16 for such trade, business or calling, and it shall not be lawful in any
17 city of this state for a person to conduct such trade, business or call-
18 ing, unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of competency
19 from such board of the city in which he conducts or proposes to conduct
20 such business. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF
21 THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND
22 WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF A PLUMBER,
23 SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS COMPETENT WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
24 S 10. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
25 ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided, however,
26 that section one of this act shall take effect on the first of July next
27 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that,
28 effective immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement
29 the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
30 directed to be amended, added and/or repealed on or before such date.
