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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6220--B
            Cal. No. 685
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      April 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
          -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to  first  report,
          amended  on  first  report,  ordered  to  a  second report and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of  second  report  --
          reported  favorably  from  said  committee,  amended on second report,
          ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of phys-
          ical therapy
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  b  of  section 6734 of the education law, as
     2  amended by chapter 410 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    b.  Education: have received an education, including [completion of] a
     5  [master's] doctoral degree [or higher] in physical therapy or determined
     6  to be equivalent, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
     7    § 2. Section 6743 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     8  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     9    3.  Amendments  to  the  educational  requirement  in subdivision b of
    10  section sixty-seven hundred thirty-four of this article made by a  chap-
    11  ter  of  the laws of two thousand twenty-three shall not be construed to
    12  affect the validity of existing licenses and permits.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    14  law.  Effective  immediately,  the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of
    15  any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
    16  its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
    17  such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10484-04-3