S06939 Summary:
| BILL NO | S06939 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | RIVERA |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd Ed L, generally | |
| Removes citizenship and permanent lawful resident requirements for professional licensure; repeals certain provisions of the education law relating thereto. | |
S06939 Actions:
| BILL NO | S06939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/16/2023 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/03/2024 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
S06939 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6939 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- (at request of the State Education Depart- ment) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to removing citizenship and permanent lawful resident requirements for professional licensure; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 6 of section 6506 of the 2 education law is REPEALED and paragraphs (g) and (h) are relettered 3 paragraphs (f) and (g). 4 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 6524 of the education law is REPEALED 5 and subdivisions 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are renumbered subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 6 9 and 10. 7 § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision (a) of section 6528 of the 8 education law, as amended by chapter 122 of the laws of 1975, is amended 9 to read as follows: 10 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article or any law to the 11 contrary, an individual who at the time of his enrollment in a medical 12 school outside the United States is a resident of the United States 13 shall be eligible for licensure in this state if he has satisfied the 14 requirements of subdivisions one, five, six, and seven [and eight] of 15 section sixty-five hundred twenty-four of this chapter and: 16 § 4. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 of section 6525 of the education 17 law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read 18 as follows: 19 (1) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a physi- 20 cian except those relating to the examination [and citizenship or perma-21nent residence in the United States]; 22 § 5. Subdivision 6 of section 6554 of the education law is REPEALED 23 and subdivisions 7 and 8 are renumbered subdivisions 6 and 7. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03185-01-3S. 6939 2 1 § 6. Subdivision 6 of section 6604 of the education law is REPEALED 2 and subdivisions 7 and 8 are renumbered subdivisions 6 and 7. 3 § 7. Subdivision 7 of section 6604-b of the education law is REPEALED. 4 § 8. Subdivision 6 of section 6609 of the education law is REPEALED 5 and subdivisions 7 and 8 are renumbered subdivisions 6 and 7. 6 § 9. Subdivision 6 of section 6704 of the education law is REPEALED 7 and subdivisions 7 and 8 are renumbered subdivisions 6 and 7. 8 § 10. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 of section 6707 of the education 9 law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read 10 as follows: 11 (1) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a veteri- 12 narian except those relating to the examination [and citizenship or13permanent residence in the United States]; 14 § 11. Subdivision 6 of section 6711 of the education law is REPEALED 15 and subdivisions 7 and 8 are renumbered subdivisions 6 and 7. 16 § 12. Subdivision 1 of section 6711-a of the education law, as amended 17 by chapter 333 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 18 1. Eligibility. Persons shall be eligible for a limited permit who 19 fulfill all requirements for a license as a veterinary technician except 20 those relating to the examination [and citizenship or permanent resi-21dence in the United States]. 22 § 13. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 6805 of the education 23 law is REPEALED and paragraphs 7 and 8 are renumbered paragraphs 6 and 24 7. 25 § 14. Subdivision 6 of section 6955 of the education law is REPEALED 26 and subdivision 7 is renumbered subdivision 6. 27 § 15. Section 6956 of the education law, as amended by chapter 216 of 28 the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 29 § 6956. Prior nurse-midwifery certification. Any individual who is 30 certified as a nurse-midwife [pursuant to section twenty-five hundred31sixty of the public health law] before June first, nineteen hundred 32 ninety-six, shall be deemed to be licensed as a midwife under this arti- 33 cle; provided that each such certified nurse-midwife shall, prior to 34 that date, submit evidence of such certification to the department 35 together with the appropriate fee required by subdivision [seven] six of 36 section sixty-nine hundred fifty-five of this article. Any individual 37 certified as a nurse-midwife [pursuant to section twenty-five hundred38sixty of the public health law] (i) may practice under that section 39 until it is repealed, but (ii) shall not practice pursuant to this arti- 40 cle until after receiving approval from the commissioner and submitting 41 the fee required by subdivision [seven] six of section sixty-nine 42 hundred fifty-five of this article. 43 § 16. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206 of the education 44 law is REPEALED and paragraphs 7 and 8 are renumbered paragraphs 6 and 45 7. 46 § 17. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7206-a of the education 47 law is REPEALED and paragraphs 7 and 8 are renumbered paragraphs 6 and 48 7. 49 § 18. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7324 of the education 50 law is REPEALED and paragraphs 7 and 8 are renumbered paragraphs 6 and 51 7. 52 § 19. Paragraph 6 of subdivision 1 of section 7504 of the education 53 law is REPEALED and paragraphs 7 and 8 are renumbered paragraphs 6 and 54 7. 55 § 20. Subdivision 5 of section 7804 of the education law is REPEALED 56 and subdivisions 6 and 7 are renumbered subdivisions 5 and 6.S. 6939 3 1 § 21. Subdivision 1 of section 7806 of the education law, as amended 2 by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. The department may issue a limited permit to practice massage ther- 4 apy as a licensed massage therapist, masseur or masseuse to a person who 5 has not previously held such a permit and who fulfills all except the 6 examination [and citizenship requirements] for a license, provided 7 however that a permit shall not be issued to a person who has failed the 8 state licensing examination. 9 § 22. This act shall take effect immediately.