Extends the utilization of limited permit practice of medicine to private offices or clinics in urgent care settings, prisons, schools, and universities; extends the duration of such limited permits to three years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8297
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending the utiliza-
tion of limited permit practice of medicine to private offices or
clinics in urgent care settings, prisons, schools, and universities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6525 of the education law, as added by chapter 987
2 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter
3 133 of the laws of 1982, and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 62 of
4 the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 6525. Limited permits. Permits limited as to eligibility, practice
6 and duration, shall be issued by the department to eligible applicants,
7 as follows:
8 1. Eligibility[:]. The following persons shall be eligible for a
9 limited permit:
10 [(1)] (a) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a
11 physician except those relating to the examination and citizenship or
12 permanent residence in the United States;
13 [(2)] (b) A foreign physician who holds a standard certificate from
14 the educational council for foreign medical graduates or who has passed
15 an examination satisfactory to the state board for medicine and in
16 accordance with the commissioner's regulations; or
17 [(3)] (c) A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this coun-
18 try on a non-immigration visa for the continuation of medical study,
19 pursuant to the exchange student program of the United States department
20 of state.
21 2. Limit of practice. A permittee shall be authorized to practice
22 medicine only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in
23 a public, voluntary, or proprietary hospital or a private office or
24 clinic in an urgent care setting, prison, school, or university.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. Duration. A limited permit shall be valid for [two] three years.
2 It may be renewed [biennially] once every three years at the discretion
3 of the department.
4 4. Fees. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be
5 one hundred five dollars.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
7 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
8 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
9 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
10 on or before such effective date.
