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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6958--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 1, 2010
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  the  educational
          requirements for specialist assistants and physician assistants
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of  subdivision  1  of  section
     2  6541  of  the  education  law,  as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of
     3  1992, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) in the case of an  applicant  for  registration  as  a  specialist
     5  assistant,  has  successfully completed a four-year course of study in a
     6  secondary school approved by the board  of  regents  or  has  passed  an
     7  equivalency test;
     8    (d)  in  the  case  of  an  applicant  for registration as a physician
     9  assistant, has received an education including a  bachelor's  or  equiv-
    10  alent degree in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

    11    (e)  has satisfactorily completed an approved program for the training
    12  of physician assistants or specialist assistants. The  approved  program
    13  for  the  training  of  physician assistants shall include not less than
    14  forty weeks of supervised clinical training and thirty-two credit  hours
    15  of classroom work.  Applicants for registration as a physician assistant
    16  who have completed an approved program leading to a bachelor's degree or
    17  equivalent in physician assistant studies shall be deemed to have satis-
    18  fied  this paragraph. The commissioner is empowered to determine whether
    19  an applicant possesses equivalent education and training, such as  expe-
    20  rience as a nurse or military corpsman, which may be accepted in lieu of
    21  all or part of an approved program; and

    22    [(e)]  (f) in the case of an applicant for registration as a physician
    23  assistant, has obtained a passing score on an examination acceptable  to
    24  the department.
    25    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to new
    26  applications for registration as a physician assistant occurring on  and
    27  after such date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16153-02-0