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A04342 Summary:

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Add §§6744, 7909 & 8209-a, Ed L
 
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).
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A04342 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4342
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 14, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD04787-01-3

        A. 4342                             2
 
     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.
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