S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8297
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
November 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending the utiliza-
tion of limited permit practice of medicine to private offices or
clinics in urgent care settings, prisons, schools, and universities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6525 of the education law, as added by chapter 987
of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter
133 of the laws of 1982, and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 62 of
the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
§ 6525. Limited permits. Permits limited as to eligibility, practice
and duration, shall be issued by the department to eligible applicants,
as follows:
1. Eligibility[:]. The following persons shall be eligible for a
limited permit:
[(1)] (A) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a
physician except those relating to the examination and citizenship or
permanent residence in the United States;
[(2)] (B) A foreign physician who holds a standard certificate from
the educational council for foreign medical graduates or who has passed
an examination satisfactory to the state board for medicine and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations; or
[(3)] (C) A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this coun-
try on a non-immigration visa for the continuation of medical study,
pursuant to the exchange student program of the United States department
of state.
2. Limit of practice. A permittee shall be authorized to practice
medicine only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in
a public, voluntary, or proprietary hospital OR A PRIVATE OFFICE OR
CLINIC IN AN URGENT CARE SETTING, PRISON, SCHOOL, OR UNIVERSITY.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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3. Duration. A limited permit shall be valid for [two] THREE years.
It may be renewed [biennially] ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS at the discretion
of the department.
4. Fees. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be
one hundred five dollars.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.