STATE OF NEW YORK
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9216
IN SENATE
May 6, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 requirements for
licensure as a dentist
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 6 of section 6604 of the education law,
2 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
3 sion 6 as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended to
4 read as follows:
5 (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
6 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that:
7 (a) such experience shall consist of satisfactory completion of a
8 postdoctoral general practice or specialty dental residency program, of
9 at least one year's duration, in a hospital or dental facility accred-
10 ited for teaching purposes by a national accrediting body approved by
11 the department, provided, further that any such residency program shall
12 include a formal outcome assessment evaluation of the resident's compe-
13 tence to practice dentistry acceptable to the department; or
14 (b) notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, for an appli-
15 cant with a minimum of three years of full-time dental practice experi-
16 ence, or the equivalent thereof, within the five years immediately
17 preceding the applicant's application and in the state or country from
18 which such applicant received a license to practice dentistry, such
19 experience may consist of satisfactory completion of a minimum of one
20 year of either: (i) experience as a full-time faculty member employed
21 at an approved New York state school of dentistry, or (ii) full-time
22 experience, or the equivalent thereof, as a general practice dental
23 preceptee in a preceptorship program under the supervision of a licensed
24 dentist in an area which has been designated a federal dental
25 health professions shortage area, provided further that the licensed
26 dentist who supervises such a preceptee shall be designated the precep-
27 tor dentist, have practiced for at least five years immediately preced-
28 ing assuming a preceptorship, and have under his or her supervision not
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 more than one full-time preceptee nor more than two part-time
2 preceptees;
3 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
4 noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
5 States; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant a three
6 year waiver for a noncitizen to practice in an area which has been
7 designated a federal dental health professions shortage area, except
8 that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not to
9 exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her to secure citizen-
10 ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active-
11 ly pursued; and provided further that the board of regents may grant an
12 additional three-year waiver, and at its expiration, an extension for a
13 period not to exceed six additional years, for the holder of an H-1b
14 visa, an O-1 visa, or an equivalent or successor visa thereto;
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
