Adopts the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact model language (Part A); adopts the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact model language (Part B); adopts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (Part C).
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4342
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to adopting the Physical
Therapy Licensure Compact model language (Part A); to amend the educa-
tion law, in relation to adopting the Occupational Therapy Licensure
Compact model language (Part B); and to amend the education law, in
relation to adopting the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Interstate Compact (Part C)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation enacting
2 the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, the Occupational Therapy Licen-
3 sure Compact, and the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate
4 Compact. Each component is wholly contained within a Part identified as
5 Parts A through C. The effective date for each particular provision
6 contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of such
7 Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, including
8 the effective date of the Part, which makes reference to a section "of
9 this act", when used in connection with that particular component, shall
10 be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part in
11 which it is found. Section three of this act sets forth the general
12 effective date of this act.
13 PART A
14 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6744
15 to read as follows:
16 § 6744. Physical Therapy Licensure Compact. Notwithstanding any law to
17 the contrary, the physical therapy licensure compact model language is
18 hereby adopted and enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdic-
19 tions legally joining therein.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
2 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
3 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
4 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
5 completed on or before such effective date.
6 PART B
7 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 7909
8 to read as follows:
9 § 7909. Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Notwithstanding any
10 law to the contrary, the occupational therapy licensure compact model
11 language, as revised as of February fourth, twenty twenty-one, is hereby
12 adopted and enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions
13 legally joining therein.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
16 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
17 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
18 completed on or before such effective date.
19 PART C
20 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 8209-a
21 to read as follows:
22 § 8209-a. Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.
23 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the audiology and speech-lan-
24 guage pathology interstate compact is hereby adopted and enacted into
25 law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining therein.
26 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
27 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
28 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
29 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
30 completed on or before such effective date.
31 § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
32 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
33 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
34 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
35 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
36 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
37 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
38 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such
39 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
40 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
41 the applicable effective date of Parts A through C of this act shall be
42 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.
