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Assembly Bill A5135

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that the state board for chiropractic shall be composed of licensed chiropractors

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2009-A5135 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6553, Ed L

2009-A5135 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that the state board for chiropractic be composed of not less than seven members and such members shall be chiropractors licensed in New York state for at least five years, deleting requirement of four chiropractors and three other professionals.

2009-A5135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5135

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the composition of the
  state board for chiropractic

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

  Section 1. Section 6553 of the education law, as added by chapter  987
of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
  S 6553. State  board for chiropractic.  A state board for chiropractic
shall be appointed by the board of  regents  on  recommendation  of  the
commissioner  for  the purpose of assisting the board of regents and the
department on matters of professional licensing and professional conduct
in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this title.   The
board  shall  be  composed of not less than seven members[, including at
least four licensed chiropractors,  one  licensed  physician  who  is  a
doctor  of  medicine, one licensed physician who is a doctor of osteopa-
thy, and one educator who holds a  doctorate  or  equivalent  degree  in
either  anatomy,  physiology,  pathology, chemistry or microbiology] WHO
SHALL BE CHIROPRACTORS LICENSED IN THIS STATE FOR AT LEAST  FIVE  YEARS.
An  executive  secretary to the board shall be appointed by the board of
regents on recommendation of the commissioner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08548-01-9

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