BILL NO A07488B
SAME AS SAME AS S04914-B
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 A07488B
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
BILL NUMBER:A7488B
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to course
credit for veterans; to articulation between military and civilian
professional careers; to 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 the division 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:
Sections 1 The education law is amended by adding a new section 669-e.
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 cred-
its per semester towards his or her degree for completion of courses
that were part of such veteran's military training or service. In deter-
mining the approval of such veteran's application, the chancellor, or
his or her designee, shall consider the standards of the American coun-
cil on education. No fee, tuition or other charge shall be assessed
against a veteran who qualifies for such credit pursuant to this
section.
Section 2 Section 6505-c of the education law is amended to expand the
currently required articulation between military and civilian profes-
sional 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 achieve-
ment of business in the state of New York, and to provide that in their
determination of which military programs provide equivalent education
and training, the commissioner and the director shall consider the stan-
dards of the American council on education:
Section 3 The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d to
expand the articulation performed for veterans under section 6505-c to
practice of a profession by a spouse of a veteran
Section 4 A new Article 2-A of the general business law is added to
provide the same articulation performed for veterans and their spouses
under sections 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. Section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended 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 guard 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 Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended 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 Section 3002 of the public health law is amended to provide
that any person who was a member of the armed forces of the United
States, national guard or reserves and who by their military training
and practice was a medic or corpsman shall be certified, without exam-
ination, by the state council and regional councils as a first responder
or emergency medical technician.
Section 8 Section 236-a of the county law is amended to provide that the
counties of Dutchess and Westchester shall provide for the licensing,
with 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 as an electri-
cian.
Section 9 Section 45 of the general city law is amended 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 with
examination.
Section 10: Effective date. This act shall take effect on the first of
January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law,
provided, however, that section one of this act shall take effect on the
first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a
law; provided, that, effective immediately, any rules and regulations
necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effect date are
authorized and directed to be amended, added and/or repealed on or
before such date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Recently discharged veterans 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 access
for possible academic credit and by licensing boards to assess for
license requirements. This bill would allow veterans 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 proc-
esses, which can cause lengthy re-employment delays for military spouses
moving between states. These delays and the expense f re-licensure can
cause many military spouses to not practice their professions.
Through collaborate efforts with 27 states the Department of Defense has
collected best practices that can reduce the time required for a mili-
tary spouse to transfer a current license when entering into 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 form becoming
employed following a military move to a new state.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New legislation.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law, provided, however, that
section one of this act shall take effect on the first of July next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that
effective immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement
the provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and
directed to be amended, added and/or repealed on or before such date.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7488--B
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
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to course credit for
veterans; to articulation between military and civilian professional
careers; to 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
11 UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, SHALL UPON APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF THE CHANCEL-
12 LOR, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, BE GRANTED UP TO SIX ACADEMIC CREDITS PER
13 SEMESTER TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION OF COURSES THAT WERE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10497-05-3
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1 PART OF SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING OR SERVICE. IN DETERMINING THE
2 APPROVAL OF SUCH VETERAN'S APPLICATION, THE CHANCELLOR, OR HIS OR HER
3 DESIGNEE, SHALL CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCA-
4 TION. NO FEE, TUITION OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED AGAINST A VETER-
5 AN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
6 3. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MAY PROMULGATE
7 RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS
8 OF THIS SECTION.
9 S 2. Section 6505-c of the education law, as added by chapter 106 of
10 the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
11 S 6505-c. Articulation between military and civilian professional
12 careers. 1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the director of
13 the division of veterans' affairs, a program to facilitate articulation
14 between participation in the military service of the United States or
15 the military service of the state and admission to practice of a profes-
16 sion. The commissioner and the director shall identify, review and eval-
17 uate professional training programs offered through either the military
18 service of the United States or the military service of the state which
19 may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as equivalent
20 education and training in lieu of all or part of an approved program.
21 Particular emphasis shall be placed on the identification of military
22 programs which have previously been deemed acceptable by the department
23 as equivalent education and training, programs which may provide, where
24 applicable, equivalent education and training for those professions
25 which are critical to public health and safety and programs which may
26 provide, where applicable, equivalent education and training for those
27 professions for which shortages exist in the state of New York, AND
28 PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
29 TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
30 MENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE
31 OF NEW YORK.
32 2. The commissioner and the director shall prepare a list of those
33 military programs which have previously been deemed acceptable by the
34 department as equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part
35 of an approved program no later than the thirtieth of August, two thou-
36 sand three. On and after such date, such list shall be made available to
37 the public and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
38 3. The commissioner and the director shall prepare a list of those
39 military programs which may provide, where applicable, equivalent educa-
40 tion and training for those professions which are critical to public
41 health and safety, programs which may provide, where applicable, equiv-
42 alent education and training for those professions for which shortages
43 exist in the state of New York, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLI-
44 CABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH
45 WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL
46 ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK and any other military
47 programs which may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as
48 equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part of an approved
49 program no later than the thirty-first of October, two thousand three.
50 On and after such date, such list shall be made available to the public
51 and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
52 4. Such lists shall be prepared annually no later than the thirtieth
53 of June thereafter with additions and deletions made jointly by the
54 commissioner and the director and made available to the public and
55 applicants for admission to practice of a profession on such date.
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1 5. IN THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF WHICH MILITARY
2 PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
3 BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR
4 PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONER AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL
5 CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
6 S 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d to
7 read as follows:
8 S 6505-D. APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION BY
9 A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE FOR
10 AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION
11 BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE DETER-
12 MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE APPLI-
13 CATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN
14 MAKING THE DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN
15 ADDITION TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, ALSO CONSIDER THE
16 EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
17 SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED FIVE-C OF THIS SUBARTICLE. IN MAKING THE
18 DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER
19 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ANY
20 EQUIVALENT EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH
21 SPOUSE OF SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, TOGETHER WITH THE
22 STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. IF THE COMMISSIONER
23 DETERMINES THAT THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN OR THE VETER-
24 AN'S SPOUSE, AND/OR THEIR PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE IN ANOTHER
25 JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY
26 FOR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE, THEN THE
27 COMMISSIONER SHALL GRANT SUCH VETERAN OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE ADMISSION TO
28 PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE.
29 S 4. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2-A
30 to read as follows:
31 ARTICLE 2-A
32 LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION FOR VETERANS AND VETERAN
33 SPOUSES
34 SECTION 20-A. ARTICULATION BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL
35 CAREERS.
36 20-B. APPLICATION FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION
37 TO PRACTICE A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A
38 VETERAN.
39 S 20-A. ARTICULATION BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL
40 CAREERS. 1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DEVELOP, JOINTLY WITH THE
41 DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, A PROGRAM TO FACILITATE
42 ARTICULATION BETWEEN PARTICIPATION IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED
43 STATES OR THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE AND THE LICENSING, CERTIF-
44 ICATION AND REGISTRATION FOR VETERANS TO PRACTICE ANY PROFESSION
45 LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER. THE SECRE-
46 TARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL IDENTIFY, REVIEW AND EVALUATE PROFESSIONAL
47 TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH EITHER THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE
48 UNITED STATES OR THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE WHICH MAY, WHERE
49 APPLICABLE, BE ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
50 TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM. PARTICULAR
51 EMPHASIS SHALL BE PLACED ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF MILITARY PROGRAMS
52 WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIV-
53 ALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICA-
54 BLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH ARE
55 CRITICAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE,
56 WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE
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1 PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH SHORTAGES EXIST IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND
2 PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
3 TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
4 MENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE
5 OF NEW YORK.
6 2. THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE MILI-
7 TARY PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE
8 DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART
9 OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIR-
10 TEEN. ON AND AFTER SUCH DATE, SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
11 PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION.
12 3. THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE MILI-
13 TARY PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION
14 AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH
15 AND SAFETY, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH SHORTAGES EXIST
17 IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE,
18 EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD
19 PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE-
20 MENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ANY OTHER MILITARY
21 PROGRAMS WHICH MAY, WHERE APPLICABLE, BE ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS
22 EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF AN APPROVED
23 PROGRAM NO LATER THAN THE THIRTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND FOUR-
24 TEEN. ON AND AFTER SUCH DATE, SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
25 PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS FOR THE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION
26 TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION.
27 4. SUCH LISTS SHALL BE PREPARED ANNUALLY NO LATER THAN THE THIRTIETH
28 OF JUNE THEREAFTER WITH ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS MADE JOINTLY BY THE
29 SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND APPLI-
30 CANTS FOR THE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION TO THE PRACTICE
31 OF A PROFESSION ON SUCH DATE.
32 5. IN THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF WHICH MILITARY
33 PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
34 BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR
35 PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM, THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL
36 CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
37 S 20-B. APPLICATION FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO
38 PRACTICE A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE SECRE-
39 TARY OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION FOR LICENSING,
40 CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION BY A
41 VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE DETERMINED
42 BY THE SECRETARY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION
43 WITH THE SECRETARY BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN MAKING THE
44 DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN, THE SECRETARY SHALL, IN ADDITION TO THE
45 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, ALSO CONSIDER THE EQUIVALENT
46 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWEN-
47 TY-A OF THIS ARTICLE. IN MAKING THE DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN'S
48 SPOUSE, THE SECRETARY SHALL CONSIDER THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE
49 VETERAN'S SPOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ANY EQUIVALENT EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST
50 LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH SPOUSE
51 OF SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, TOGETHER WITH THE STANDARDS
52 OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES THAT
53 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN OR THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE,
54 AND/OR THEIR PAST LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRAC-
55 TICE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIRE-
56 MENTS NECESSARY FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE
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1 THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE, THEN THE SECRETARY SHALL GRANT SUCH
2 VETERAN OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO
3 PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE.
4 S 5. Subdivision (c) of section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
5 as added by chapter 61 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
6 follows:
7 (c) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish standards of compe-
8 tency and fitness for certification as an inspector; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
9 THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
10 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
11 PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR SHALL BE
12 CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS AN INSPECTOR.
13 S 6. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
14 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
15 8. ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
16 STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
17 PRACTICE ACQUIRES THE SKILLS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC, SHALL BE
18 DEEMED TO BE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM WORK UPON MOTOR VEHICLES AT MOTOR
19 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS.
20 S 7. Subdivision 2 of section 3002 of the public health law, as
21 amended by chapter 580 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
22 follows:
23 2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
24 majority of those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to
25 enact, and from time to time, amend and repeal, rules and regulations
26 establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
27 certification, advanced life support first response services, the
28 provision of prehospital emergency medical care, public education, the
29 development of a statewide emergency medical services system, the
30 provision of ambulance services outside the primary territory specified
31 in the ambulance services' certificate and the training, examination,
32 and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
33 nicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided, however,
34 that such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing stand-
35 ards established by section three thousand five-a of this article. Such
36 training shall be made available by video or computer to the maximum
37 extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
38 minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
39 tary ambulance service operating solely pursuant to a statement of
40 registration issued under section three thousand four.] The curriculum
41 for certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one hours
42 including prerequisites. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
43 ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
44 OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND WHO BY MILITARY
45 TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS A MEDIC OR CORPSMAN, SHALL BE CERTIFIED, WITH-
46 OUT EXAMINATION, BY THE STATE COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AS A FIRST
47 RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The state council shall have
48 the same powers granted to regional councils by this article in any
49 region of the state in which a regional council has not been estab-
50 lished.
51 S 8. Subdivision 1 of section 236-a of the county law, as amended by
52 chapter 343 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
53 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the general city law or any other
54 law to the contrary, the counties of Dutchess and Westchester are each
55 hereby authorized to establish a county board of examiners for master
56 electricians and to empower such board to assume all licensing duties
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1 within each such county with respect to the licensure of master electri-
2 cians. PROVIDED, THAT SUCH COUNTIES SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING,
3 WITHOUT EXAMINATION, AS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OF ANY PERSON WHO WAS A
4 MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR
5 RESERVES, AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS
6 OF AN ELECTRICIAN. The counties of Dutchess and Westchester shall
7 provide for master electrician's duties and responsibilities in accord-
8 ance with the local law of each such county.
9 S 9. Section 45 of the general city law is amended to read as follows:
10 S 45. Examinations; conducting business without certificate prohibit-
11 ed. A person desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or
12 calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing
13 or master plumber, shall be required to submit to an examination before
14 such examining board of plumbers as to his experience and qualifications
15 for such trade, business or calling, and it shall not be lawful in any
16 city of this state for a person to conduct such trade, business or call-
17 ing, unless he shall have first obtained a certificate of competency
18 from such board of the city in which he conducts or proposes to conduct
19 such business. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF
20 THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND
21 WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF A PLUMBER,
22 SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS COMPETENT WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
23 S 10. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
24 ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided, however,
25 that section one of this act shall take effect on the first of July next
26 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that,
27 effective immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement
28 the provisions of this act on its effect date are authorized and
29 directed to be amended, added and/or repealed on or before such date.
