S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 3, 2010
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Canestrari)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
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:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 6734 of the education law, as
added by chapter 618 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
b. Education: have received an education, including completion of a
[four year college program] MASTER'S DEGREE OR HIGHER in physical thera-
py OR DETERMINED TO BE EQUIVALENT, in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations[, provided that such requirements shall include a bach-
elor's, higher degree or equivalent in physical therapy];
S 2. Section 6743 of the education law, as added by chapter 618 of the
laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
S 6743. Validity of existing licenses. 1. This article shall not be
construed to affect the validity of existing licenses and permits or the
continuation of any administrative actions or proceedings commenced
prior to the effective date of this article.
2. AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT OF SECTION
SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO A CHAPTER OF
THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TEN WHICH AMENDED THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF EXISTING LICENSES AND PERMITS.
3. AN APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO IS CURRENTLY
LICENSED IN ANOTHER STATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL
REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN SECTION SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF THIS
ARTICLE IN PLACE AT THE TIME HE OR SHE RECEIVED HIS OR HER INITIAL
LICENSE.
S 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16947-02-0
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