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                                   3931
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, MAGNARELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  continuing  medical
   education for physicians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6524 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   (12)(A)  FOLLOWING  HIS OR HER FIRST RE-REGISTRATION PERIOD, NO PHYSI-
 CIAN MAY BE RE-REGISTERED UNLESS HE OR SHE, AS PART OF THE  RE-REGISTRA-
 TION APPLICATION, INCLUDES AN ATTESTATION MADE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY,
 IN  A  FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THAT HE OR SHE HAS COMPLETED
 AT LEAST FIFTY HOURS OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PURSUANT  TO  REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (B)  CERTIFICATION  OR RECERTIFICATION OF THE PHYSICIAN BY A PHYSICIAN
 SPECIALTY ORGANIZATION MAY BE COMPLETED IN LIEU OF COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 CONTINUING  MEDICAL  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION DURING THE CYCLE IN WHICH CERTIFICATION  OR  RECERTIFICATION
 IS GRANTED.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY ORGANIZATION"
 MEANS:  (I) THE AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES; (II) THE AMERICAN
 OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION BUREAU  OF  PROFESSIONAL  EDUCATION;  (III)  THE
 AMERICAN  BOARD  OF  PHYSICIAN  SPECIALTIES;  (IV)  THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF
 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA;  (V)  ANY  OTHER  ENTITY  MAINTAINING
 STANDARDS FOR AND CERTIFYING PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION THAT: (A)
 IS  APPROVED  BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
 OR AN EQUIVALENT  COUNCIL,  (B)  REQUIRES  SUCCESSFUL  COMPLETION  OF  A
 COMPREHENSIVE  EXAMINATION  TO BE CERTIFIED BY SUCH ENTITY, (C) REQUIRES
 RECERTIFICATION EVERY TEN YEARS OR LESS, (D) REQUIRES AT  LEAST  TWENTY-
 FIVE  HOURS CREDIT OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION EACH YEAR, AND (E) IS
 A TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)  OF  THE  INTERNAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 REVENUE  CODE;  OR (VI) ANY OTHER ENTITY DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER,
 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE
 REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.