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Assembly Bill A1985

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the provision of free spaying and neutering services in lieu of self-instructional course work for continuing education requirements for veterinarians

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2011-A1985 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6704-a Ed L

2011-A1985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the provision of free spaying and neutering services in lieu of self-instructional course work for continuing education requirements for veterinarians; authorizes the department to adopt a formula providing a minimum number of spaying or neutering procedures that shall be deemed the equivalent of one hour of continuing veterinary education.

2011-A1985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1985

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing free spaying
  and neutering services in lieu of self-instructional course  work  for
  continuing education requirements for veterinarians

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6704-a of the  education  law,  as
added by chapter 328 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  During  each triennial registration period an applicant for regis-
tration shall complete a  minimum  of  forty-five  hours  of  acceptable
formal  continuing education, a maximum of twenty-two and one-half hours
of which may be self-instructional coursework acceptable to the  depart-
ment OR IN LIEU OF SUCH SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL COURSEWORK, THE APPLICANT MAY
PROVIDE  FREE SPAYING AND NEUTERING SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MUNI-
CIPALITY, DULY INCORPORATED NOT-FOR-PROFIT SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, DULY INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETY, OR  DULY  INCORPO-
RATED ANIMAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT A FORMU-
LA  PROVIDING  A  MINIMUM NUMBER OF SPAYING OR NEUTERING PROCEDURES THAT
SHALL BE DEEMED THE EQUIVALENT OF  ONE  HOUR  OF  CONTINUING  VETERINARY
EDUCATION.  Any veterinarian whose first registration date following the
effective  date  of  this section occurs less than three years from such
effective date, but on or after  January  first,  two  thousand  twelve,
shall  complete  continuing  education  hours on a prorated basis at the
rate of one and one-quarter hours per month  for  the  period  beginning
January  first,  two  thousand  twelve up to the first registration date
thereafter. A licensee who has not satisfied  the  mandatory  continuing
education  requirements  shall  not  be  issued a triennial registration
certificate by the department and shall not practice unless and until  a
conditional  registration  certificate is issued as provided in subdivi-
sion three of this section, or until he or she  has  otherwise  met  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04668-01-1

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