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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, 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
 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.
 
              

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