Assembly Bill A8363A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements for licensure as a dentist

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A8363 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9216
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6604, Ed L

2023-A8363 - Summary

Authorizes the use of approved programs at foreign dental schools to satisfy the experience requirement for licensure as a dentist.

2023-A8363 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8363
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, McDONALD, ANGELINO, MAGNARELLI, DeSTEFA-
   NO,  LUPARDO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requirements  for
   licensure as a dentist

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 6 of section 6604 of the education  law,
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
 sion  6  as  amended  by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended to
 read as follows:
   (3) Experience: (A) have experience satisfactory to the board  and  in
 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that such expe-
 rience shall consist of satisfactory completion of a postdoctoral gener-
 al  practice  or  specialty  dental  residency  program, of at least one
 year's duration, in a hospital or dental facility accredited for  teach-
 ing  purposes by a national accrediting body approved by the department,
 provided, further that any such residency program shall include a formal
 outcome assessment evaluation of the resident's competence  to  practice
 dentistry acceptable to the department; OR
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, HAVE EXPERIENCE
 SATISFACTORY  TO  THE  BOARD  AND  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S
 REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THAT WHERE AN APPLICANT HAS COMPLETED A PROGRAM OF
 DENTAL EDUCATION IN A FOREIGN DENTAL SCHOOL RECOGNIZED BY THE  APPROPRI-
 ATE  CIVIL  AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE SCHOOL IS LOCATED AS
 ACCEPTABLE FOR ENTRY INTO PRACTICE IN SUCH COUNTRY, SUCH EXPERIENCE  MAY
 CONSIST OF A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS OF FULL-TIME DENTAL PRACTICE, OR THE
 EQUIVALENT THEREOF, IN THE COUNTRY OF SUCH UNREGISTERED AND UNACCREDITED
 FOREIGN  DENTAL  SCHOOL  WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE
 SUBMISSION OF AN INITIAL LICENSE  APPLICATION,  AND  THE  COMPLETION  OF
 EITHER (I) AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE AS A FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13480-03-3

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multi-Sponsors

2023-A8363A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9216
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6604, Ed L

2023-A8363A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of approved programs at foreign dental schools to satisfy the experience requirement for licensure as a dentist.

2023-A8363A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8363--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, McDONALD, ANGELINO, MAGNARELLI, DeSTEFA-
   NO,  LUPARDO,  DICKENS, LUNSFORD, SEAWRIGHT, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  SIMON -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Higher  Education  -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education
   in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requirements  for
   licensure as a dentist
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 6 of section 6604 of the education  law,
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
 sion  6  as  amended  by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended to
 read as follows:
   (3) Experience: have experience  satisfactory  to  the  board  and  in
 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that:
   (A)  such  experience  shall  consist  of satisfactory completion of a
 postdoctoral general practice or specialty dental residency program,  of
 at  least  one year's duration, in a hospital or dental facility accred-
 ited for teaching purposes by a national accrediting  body  approved  by
 the  department, provided, further that any such residency program shall
 include a formal outcome assessment evaluation of the resident's  compe-
 tence to practice dentistry acceptable to the department; OR
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR AN APPLI-
 CANT WITH A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS OF FULL-TIME DENTAL PRACTICE  EXPERI-
 ENCE,  OR  THE  EQUIVALENT  THEREOF,  WITHIN  THE FIVE YEARS IMMEDIATELY
 PRECEDING THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION AND IN THE STATE OR  COUNTRY  FROM
 WHICH  SUCH  APPLICANT  RECEIVED  A  LICENSE TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY, SUCH
 EXPERIENCE MAY CONSIST OF SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF A  MINIMUM  OF  ONE
 YEAR  OF  EITHER:  (I) EXPERIENCE AS A FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBER EMPLOYED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13480-05-4

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