Assembly Bill A1160

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Eliminates the licensure requirement of citizenship or permanent residence in those professions where such requirement presently exists

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1160 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S981
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ed L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1015, S1925
2011-2012: A183, S5441

2013-A1160 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the licensure requirement of citizenship or permanent residence where such requirement presently exists in the professions of certified shorthand reporting, chiropractic, dental hygiene and dentistry, landscape architecture, land surveying, massage, medicine, midwifery, pharmacy, professional engineering, veterinary medicine and veterinary technology.

2013-A1160 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1160

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CAHILL,  GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, COOK, ROSENTHAL,
  PERRY, DINOWITZ, O'DONNELL, COLTON, GABRYSZAK,  BOYLAND,  V. LOPEZ  --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. GALEF, GLICK, PEOPLES-STOKES, WEISEN-
  BERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the abolition of citi-
  zenship requirements for licensure in certain professions

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 6501 of the education law, as amended by chapter 81
of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  S  6501.  Admission to a profession (licensing). 1. Admission to prac-
tice of a profession in this state is accomplished by  a  license  being
issued to a qualified applicant by the [education] department.  To qual-
ify for a license an applicant shall meet the requirements prescribed in
the  article  for  the particular profession and shall meet the require-
ments prescribed in section 3-503 of the general obligations law.
  2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO OTHERWISE  QUALIFIED
APPLICANT  SHALL  BE  DENIED  A  LICENSE, CERTIFICATE, LIMITED PERMIT OR
REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE BY REASON OF  HIS  OR  HER  LACK  OF
CITIZENSHIP  OR  IMMIGRATION STATUS, UNLESS SUCH APPLICANT IS INELIGIBLE
FOR A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE UNDER FEDERAL LAW OR IS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN
THE UNITED STATES.
  S 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 6 of section 6506 of  the  education
law,  as  amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read
as follows:
  (f) Citizenship [or immigration status: be a United States citizen  or
an  alien  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in  the United
States]: MEET NO REQUIREMENT AS TO UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP;
  S 3. Subdivision 6 of section 6524 of the education law, as amended by
chapter 379 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

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

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