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Assembly Bill A7910

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to licensure by endorsement of certain registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses

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2019-A7910 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6912, Ed L

2019-A7910 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the licensure by endorsement of certain registered professional nurses and licensed practical nurses who hold a valid license to practice professional or practical nursing in Puerto Rico and have actively practiced nursing in Puerto Rico for two of the preceding three years without having their license acted against by the licensing authority of any jurisdiction.

2019-A7910 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7910
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to licensure by  endorse-
   ment  of certain registered professional nurses and licensed practical
   nurses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 6912
 to read as follows:
   § 6912. LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT; CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS. 1.   NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE THE APPRO-
 PRIATE LICENSE, EITHER A LICENSE AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE OR A
 LICENSE AS A  LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE,  BY  ENDORSEMENT  TO  PRACTICE
 PROFESSIONAL  OR PRACTICAL NURSING TO AN APPLICANT WHO, UPON APPLYING TO
 THE DEPARTMENT AND REMITTING A FEE SET BY THE DEPARTMENT NOT  TO  EXCEED
 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, DEMONSTRATES TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT HE OR SHE:
   (A)  HOLDS A VALID LICENSE TO PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL OR PRACTICAL NURS-
 ING IN PUERTO RICO, PROVIDED THAT, WHEN THE APPLICANT SECURED HIS OR HER
 ORIGINAL LICENSE, THE  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  LICENSURE  WERE  SUBSTANTIALLY
 EQUIVALENT  TO OR MORE STRINGENT THAN THOSE EXISTING IN NEW YORK AT SUCH
 TIME AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   (B) HAS ACTIVELY PRACTICED NURSING IN  PUERTO  RICO  FOR  TWO  OF  THE
 PRECEDING THREE YEARS WITHOUT HAVING HIS OR HER LICENSE ACTED AGAINST BY
 THE  LICENSING  AUTHORITY  OF  ANY  JURISDICTION.  APPLICANTS WHO BECOME
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH  MUST  COMPLETE  WITHIN  SIX  MONTHS
 AFTER LICENSURE A NEW YORK LAWS AND RULES COURSE THAT IS APPROVED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT.  ONCE  THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF A NATIONAL
 CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK AND HAS DETERMINED  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  HAS  NO
 CRIMINAL HISTORY, THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT SHALL BE ISSUED
 TO SUCH APPLICANT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11624-01-9
              

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