NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2488

Senate Bill S2488

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the unauthorized practice of a profession, the unauthorized use of a professional title and the practice of esthetics

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2018	committed to rules
May 14, 2018	advanced to third reading
May 09, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 08, 2018	1st report cal.1111
Jan 03, 2018	referred to higher education returned to senate died in assembly
May 24, 2017	referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate
May 08, 2017	advanced to third reading
May 03, 2017	2nd report cal.
May 02, 2017	1st report cal.730
Jan 13, 2017	referred to higher education

Votes

- May 24, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S2488
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 24, 2017
      
      aye (61)
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
  May 8, 2018 - Higher Education Committee Vote
  S2488
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Higher Education Committee Vote: May 8, 2018
      
      aye (16)
      
      Alcantara
      
      Breslin
      
      Croci
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Bailey
      
      Rivera
  May 2, 2017 - Higher Education Committee Vote
  S2488
  
  15
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Higher Education Committee Vote: May 2, 2017
      
      aye (15)
      
      Breslin
      
      Croci
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      LaValle
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      nay (1)
      
      Alcantara
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Bailey
      
      Krueger
      
      Rivera

co-Sponsors

2017-S2488 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4433
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§6512 & 6513, Ed L; amd §400, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5113, A7572
2019-2020: S3714, A5507

2017-S2488 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the unauthorized practice of a profession, the unauthorized use of a professional title and the practice of esthetics.

2017-S2488 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2488

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
the unauthorized practice of a profession and the unauthorized use of
a professional title; and to amend the general business law, in
relation to the practice of esthetics

 PURPOSE :

To reduce the minimum number of persons someone may aid or abet in the
use of a professional title and to clarify that the practice of
esthetics does not include massage therapy.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Sections 1 and 2. Amend the general provisions of Title 8 of the
education law to reduce the number of persons someone may aid or abet
in the use of a professional title before they may be guilty of a
Class E felony from 3 to 1.

Section 3. Clarifies that the practice of esthetics does not include
the practice of massage therapy.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The unlicensed practice of a profession is a serious crime. Licensure

and regulation by the State Education Department of the Title 8
professions is primarily designed to protect the public by holding
professionals to the highest possible standards. Essential to the
protection of the public is ensuring that consumers and the general
public receive services from licensed professionals who are
appropriately educated, credentialed and practicing within their
defined scope of practice.

Current law dictates that a person has to knowingly aid or abet at
least three individuals in the unauthorized use of a professional
title before he or she can be found guilty of a Class E felony. A
person who knowingly aids or abets one or two individuals is also
deliberately taking measures that could endanger public welfare. As
such, these individuals should also face tough criminal penalties.

Additionally, the practice of illegal massage is a particularly
widespread problem in the downstate region. It is alleged that many
beauty parlors, which are allowed to practice massage but not massage
therapy, have undertaken practices through their masseuses that are
tantamount to illegal practice of massage therapy. This bill would
amend the general business law to clarify that the practice of
esthetics does not include massage therapy as such term is used in the
education law.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16 S.5113A/A.7572A

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2017-S2488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2488
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. LAVALLE, AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the unauthorized prac-
   tice of a profession and the unauthorized use of a professional title;
   and to amend the general business law, in relation to the practice  of
   esthetics
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6512  of  the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 689 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Anyone  who knowingly aids or abets [three] ONE or more unlicensed
 persons to practice a profession or employs  or  holds  such  unlicensed
 persons  out  as  being  able  to  practice in any profession in which a
 license is a prerequisite to the practice of the acts, or who  knowingly
 aids  or abets [three] ONE or more persons to practice any profession as
 exempt persons during the time when the professional  licenses  of  such
 persons are suspended, revoked or annulled, shall be guilty of a class E
 felony.
   §  2.  Subdivision 2 of section 6513 of the education law, as added by
 chapter 687 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Anyone who knowingly aids or abets [three] ONE or more persons  not
 authorized  to  use a professional title regulated by this title, to use
 such professional title,  or  knowingly  employs  [three]  ONE  or  more
 persons  not  authorized  to  use a professional title regulated by this
 title, who use such professional title in the course of such employment,
 shall be guilty of a class E felony.
   § 3. Subdivision 6 of section 400 of  the  general  business  law,  as
 added by chapter 509 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  The  practice  of  "esthetics"  means  providing for a fee, or any
 consideration or exchange,  whether  direct  or  indirect,  services  to
 enhance the appearance of the face, neck, arms, legs, and shoulders of a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04121-01-7

 S. 2488                             2
 
 human  being  by  the  use  of compounds or procedures including makeup,
 eyelashes, depilatories, tonics, lotions, waxes, sanding  and  tweezing,
 whether  performed  by  manual, mechanical, chemical or electrical means
 and instruments but shall not include the practice of electrology OR THE
 PRACTICE  OF  MASSAGE THERAPY, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION SEVEN-
 TY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Kenneth P. LaValle