STATE OF NEW YORK
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8401
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 9, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to licensing requirements
for prospective dentists
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 6604 of the education law,
2 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
3 sion 4 as amended by chapter 76 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read
4 as follows:
5 (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
6 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that such expe-
7 rience shall consist of satisfactory completion of a postdoctoral gener-
8 al practice or specialty dental residency program, of at least one
9 year's duration, or the first year of a multi-year CODA-accredited post-
10 doctoral specialty program, in a hospital or dental facility accredited
11 for teaching purposes by a national accrediting body approved by the
12 department, provided, further that any such residency program shall
13 include a formal outcome assessment evaluation of the resident's compe-
14 tence to practice dentistry acceptable to the department;
15 (4) Examination: pass a written examination satisfactory to the board
16 and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Applicants
17 applying after first year of a multi-year CODA-accredited postdoctoral
18 specialty program shall have also passed the CDCA-WREB-CITA-administered
19 ADEX clinical exam;
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13339-01-5
